Variable sized padding in printf

Question

Is there a way to have a variable sized padding in printf?

I have an integer which says how large the padding is:

void foo(int paddingSi         


        

Answer 1

Be careful though - some compilers at least (and this may be a general C thing) will not always do what you want:

char *s = "four";
printf("%*.s\n", 5, s); // Note the "."

This prints 5 spaces;

char *s = "four";
printf("%*s\n", 3, s);  // Note no "."

This prints all four characters "four"