ft_printf

The aim of this project is to re-code the printf function in order to understand how it works on a deeper level The printf() function is usually defined inside the <stdio.h> header file.

Use it like this to print stuff:

ft_printf("%format_specifier", arg);

Parameters:

• format_specifier: A string that specifies the kind of data to be printed
• arg: This are the variable/value corresponding to the format specifier

Features

int ft_printf( const char *str, ... );

This ft_printf function supports several format specifiers:

• %c - Print a single character
• %s - Print a string
• %p - Print void * pointer argument in hexadecimal format
• %d - Print a decimal (base 10) number
• %i - Print an integer in base 10
• %u - Prints an unsigned decimal (base 10) number
• %x - Print a number in hexadecimal (base 16) lowercase format
• %X - Print a number in hexadecimal (base 16) uppercase format
• %% - Print a percentage sign

Usage

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/char-projects/ft_printf
cd ft_printf

Then compile it:

make

For testing, uncomment the main function in ft_printf.c and run it like this:

gcc src/ft_printf.c src/ft_printf_utils.c -Wall -Werror -Wextra
./a.out

Use it in your projects:

#include "../includes/ft_printf.h"