.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: sprintf

.. _sprintf:

sprintf
=======

.. us.tag  sprintf ENGLISH STR Programming.Convert

:ref:`sprintf` returns data in formatted form as a string.

.. function::  ssBuffer = sprintf(ssFormat, arg1, ...)

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssBuffer

   *ssBuffer* is a scalar string containing the result of the
   conversion.

.. uparam:: ssFormat

   *ssFormat* is a scalar string with embedded
   formatting symbols. It specifies how the arguements *arg1* to *argn*
   are formatted. The parameter is described in the function :ref:`printf`.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`printf`,
   :ref:`fprintf`,
   :ref:`smprintf`,
   :ref:`strtod`,
   :ref:`strtol`,
   :ref:`ltostr`

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