Description

mcConvFmt converts a format string containing SMR-specific directives (such as '%O' and '%U') in a format string which is compatible with the stdio (3) functions fprintf (3), fscanf (3), and related functions.

Parameters

Return Value

On error, NULL is returned. On success, a pointer to the converted string is returned. This string has been allocated by means of malloc (3) and thus must be freed after use by a call to free (3).

See also

Examples

char* fmt;
char  arg1[20];
mcOff arg2;
int  arg3;

fmt = mcConvFmt("%20s %O %d");
mcPrint(stdout, "converted format string=%s\n", fmt);
sscanf("Test 1787382 10", fmt, arg1, &arg2, &arg3);
free(fmt);
mcPrint(stdout, "the parsed arguments are: %s %O %d\n", arg1, arg2, arg3);