.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: fprintf

.. _fprintf:

fprintf
=======

.. us.tag  fprintf ENGLISH ffiles

:ref:`fprintf` formats and prints a series of characters and values into a file.

.. function::  rsNChars = fprintf(fh, ssFormat, arg1, ...)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*rsNChars*

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: fh

   *fh* is a file handle created by calling the :ref:`fopen`
   function.

.. uparam:: ssFormat

   *ssFormat* is a scalar string with embedded format specifications that determine
   the output format for the arguments. See *printf* for a complete description of
   format specification.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-binary-and-text-files`,
   :ref:`fopen`,
   :ref:`printf`,
   :ref:`sprintf`

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