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variable arguments in C

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how can we pass variable arguments in any function of C?

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Re: variable arguments in C

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stdarg.h

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Re: variable arguments in C

Jul 13th, 2007

I think this should work, but i didn't test it, please do it yourself.

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Originally Posted by hitesh_mathpal

how can we pass variable arguments in any function of C?

Simply to answer your question.

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int main() {
 
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int myfunction(int argument1, int argument2) {
 
      return argument1 + argument2;
 
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#include <stdio.h>

int sum;

int main() {

sum = myfunction(5, 10);

}

int myfunction(int argument1, int argument2) {

      return argument1 + argument2;

}

Code not tested, but see no reason why it shouldn't work.

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Code not tested, but see no reason why it shouldn't work.
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Agree it should work but not the way the OP intended because it does not allow for variable number of arguments.

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1) What's the OP?

2) didn't want to over complicate things for the guy, as he seems to be just starting out in C, giving him a basic understanding of parameter passing would be more beneficial without talking to him about 'VA'.

That's my opinion anyway.

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1) What's the OP?

2) didn't want to over complicate things for the guy, as he seems to be just starting out in C, giving him a basic understanding of parameter passing would be more beneficial without talking to him about 'VA'.

That's my opinion anyway.

OP = Original Poster. I thought OP was a pretty common term, but maybe I was wrong. That's what I get for using an anronym.

He asked for variable arguments -- the code you posted did nothing to answer that question. I don't know his experience and neither does anyone else. He must have at least some programming knowledge in order to even ask the question.

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Re: variable arguments in C

Jul 16th, 2007

Dear friend , I am asking about a function like printf(). as it takes the variable argument.How can we define a function like this?

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Re: variable arguments in C

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OP = Original Poster. I thought OP was a pretty common term, but maybe I was wrong. That's what I get for using an anronym.

He asked for variable arguments -- the code you posted did nothing to answer that question. I don't know his experience and neither does anyone else. He must have at least some programming knowledge in order to even ask the question.

Haha, i thought he ment passing variable arguments.. as you can pass an array as a parameter (using pointers of course), so i thought he ment how do you pass a variable to a function.

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