sprintf() without trailing null space in C

Question

Is there a way to use the C sprintf() function without it adding a \'\\0\' character at the end of its output? I need to write formatted text in the middle of a fixed width stri

Answer 1

There is no way to tell sprintf() not to write a trailing null. What you can do is use sprintf() to write to a temporary string, and then something like strncpy() to copy only the bytes that you want.