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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T17:03:14+00:00 2026-05-13T17:03:14+00:00

While i am working ,somewhere inside the code i saw the following staements. I

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While i am working ,somewhere inside the code i saw the following staements.
I am getting confused by the format specifier in sprintf

   d_number = strtol( tmp_buf , (char **)NULL, 16);
   memset( tmp_buf , ' ' , sizeof( tmp_buf ) );
   sprintf( tmp_buf , "%0.*d" , (int)sizeof( dec_number ) , d_number  );

could anybody explain please?

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    2026-05-13T17:03:14+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 5:03 pm

    .* means the precision is not specified in the format string, but as an additional integer value argument preceding the argument that has to be formatted. (d_number)

    http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/

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