sprintf

#include
int main()
{

char buff[24];

int ret,i, a = 34, b = 234;

ret = sprintf(buff, "%d minus %d equals %d",a,b,a-b);

printf ("(%s) is the result and is %d characters\n",buff,ret);

for(i = 0; i<24;i++)
{
printf("value at %d in buff is %c\n",i,buff[i]);
}

return 0;

}

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