How to count the number of arguments passed to a function that accepts a variable number of arguments?

Question

How to count the no of arguments passed to the function in following program:

#include
#include
void varfun(int i, ...);
int m         


        

Answer 1

You can't. You have to manage for the caller to indicate the number of arguments somehow. You can:

• Pass the number of arguments as the first variable
• Require the last variable argument to be null, zero or whatever
• Have the first argument describe what is expected (eg. the printf format string dictates what arguments should follow)