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explanation for source code of printf

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  1. /*
  2.  Copyright 2001, 2002 Georges Menie (<URL snipped>)
  3.   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  4.   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  5.   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  6.   (at your option) any later version.
  7.   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  8.   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  9.   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  10.   GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  11.   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  12.   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  13.   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  14. */
  15. /*
  16.  putchar is the only external dependency for this file,
  17.  if you have a working putchar, just remove the following
  18.  define. If the function should be called something else,
  19.  replace outbyte(c) by your own function call.
  20. */
  21. #define putchar(c) outbyte(c)
  22. static void printchar(char **str, int c)
  23. {
  24. extern int putchar(int c);
  25. if (str) {
  26. **str = c;
  27. ++(*str);
  28. }
  29. else (void)putchar(c);
  30. }
  31. #define PAD_RIGHT 1
  32. #define PAD_ZERO 2
  33. static int prints(char **out, const char *string, int width, int pad)
  34. {
  35. register int pc = 0, padchar = ' ';
  36. if (width > 0) {
  37. register int len = 0;
  38. register const char *ptr;
  39. for (ptr = string; *ptr; ++ptr) ++len;
  40. if (len >= width) width = 0;
  41. else width -= len;
  42. if (pad & PAD_ZERO) padchar = '0';
  43. }
  44. if (!(pad & PAD_RIGHT)) {
  45. for ( ; width > 0; --width) {
  46. printchar (out, padchar);
  47. ++pc;
  48. }
  49. }
  50. for ( ; *string ; ++string) {
  51. printchar (out, *string);
  52. ++pc;
  53. }
  54. for ( ; width > 0; --width) {
  55. printchar (out, padchar);
  56. ++pc;
  57. }
  58. return pc;
  59. }
  60. /* the following should be enough for 32 bit int */
  61. #define PRINT_BUF_LEN 12
  62. static int printi(char **out, int i, int b, int sg, int width, int pad, int letbase)
  63. {
  64. char print_buf[PRINT_BUF_LEN];
  65. register char *s;
  66. register int t, neg = 0, pc = 0;
  67. register unsigned int u = i;
  68. if (i == 0) {
  69. print_buf[0] = '0';
  70. print_buf[1] = '\0';
  71. return prints (out, print_buf, width, pad);
  72. }
  73. if (sg && b == 10 && i < 0) {
  74. neg = 1;
  75. u = -i;
  76. }
  77. s = print_buf + PRINT_BUF_LEN-1;
  78. *s = '\0';
  79. while (u) {
  80. t = u % b;
  81. if( t >= 10 )
  82. t += letbase - '0' - 10;
  83. *--s = t + '0';
  84. u /= b;
  85. }
  86. if (neg) {
  87. if( width && (pad & PAD_ZERO) ) {
  88. printchar (out, '-');
  89. ++pc;
  90. --width;
  91. }
  92. else {
  93. *--s = '-';
  94. }
  95. }
  96. return pc + prints (out, s, width, pad);
  97. }
  98. static int print(char **out, int *varg)
  99. {
  100. register int width, pad;
  101. register int pc = 0;
  102. register char *format = (char *)(*varg++);
  103. char scr[2];
  104. for (; *format != 0; ++format) {
  105. if (*format == '%') {
  106. ++format;
  107. width = pad = 0;
  108. if (*format == '\0') break;
  109. if (*format == '%') goto out;
  110. if (*format == '-') {
  111. ++format;
  112. pad = PAD_RIGHT;
  113. }
  114. while (*format == '0') {
  115. ++format;
  116. pad |= PAD_ZERO;
  117. }
  118. for ( ; *format >= '0' && *format <= '9'; ++format) {
  119. width *= 10;
  120. width += *format - '0';
  121. }
  122. if( *format == 's' ) {
  123. register char *s = *((char **)varg++);
  124. pc += prints (out, s?s:"(null)", width, pad);
  125. continue;
  126. }
  127. if( *format == 'd' ) {
  128. pc += printi (out, *varg++, 10, 1, width, pad, 'a');
  129. continue;
  130. }
  131. if( *format == 'x' ) {
  132. pc += printi (out, *varg++, 16, 0, width, pad, 'a');
  133. continue;
  134. }
  135. if( *format == 'X' ) {
  136. pc += printi (out, *varg++, 16, 0, width, pad, 'A');
  137. continue;
  138. }
  139. if( *format == 'u' ) {
  140. pc += printi (out, *varg++, 10, 0, width, pad, 'a');
  141. continue;
  142. }
  143. if( *format == 'c' ) {
  144. /* char are converted to int then pushed on the stack */
  145. scr[0] = *varg++;
  146. scr[1] = '\0';
  147. pc += prints (out, scr, width, pad);
  148. continue;
  149. }
  150. }
  151. else {
  152. out:
  153. printchar (out, *format);
  154. ++pc;
  155. }
  156. }
  157. if (out) **out = '\0';
  158. return pc;
  159. }
  160. /* assuming sizeof(void *) == sizeof(int) */
  161. int printf(const char *format, ...)
  162. {
  163. register int *varg = (int *)(&format);
  164. return print(0, varg);
  165. }
  166. int sprintf(char *out, const char *format, ...)
  167. {
  168. register int *varg = (int *)(&format);
  169. return print(&out, varg);
  170. }
  171. #ifdef TEST_PRINTF
  172. int main(void)
  173. {
  174. char *ptr = "Hello world!";
  175. char *np = 0;
  176. int i = 5;
  177. unsigned int bs = sizeof(int)*8;
  178. int mi;
  179. char buf[80];
  180. mi = (1 << (bs-1)) + 1;
  181. printf("%s\n", ptr);
  182. printf("printf test\n");
  183. printf("%s is null pointer\n", np);
  184. printf("%d = 5\n", i);
  185. printf("%d = - max int\n", mi);
  186. printf("char %c = 'a'\n", 'a');
  187. printf("hex %x = ff\n", 0xff);
  188. printf("hex %02x = 00\n", 0);
  189. printf("signed %d = unsigned %u = hex %x\n", -3, -3, -3);
  190. printf("%d %s(s)%", 0, "message");
  191. printf("\n");
  192. printf("%d %s(s) with %%\n", 0, "message");
  193. sprintf(buf, "justif: \"%-10s\"\n", "left"); printf("%s", buf);
  194. sprintf(buf, "justif: \"%10s\"\n", "right"); printf("%s", buf);
  195. sprintf(buf, " 3: %04d zero padded\n", 3); printf("%s", buf);
  196. sprintf(buf, " 3: %-4d left justif.\n", 3); printf("%s", buf);
  197. sprintf(buf, " 3: %4d right justif.\n", 3); printf("%s", buf);
  198. sprintf(buf, "-3: %04d zero padded\n", -3); printf("%s", buf);
  199. sprintf(buf, "-3: %-4d left justif.\n", -3); printf("%s", buf);
  200. sprintf(buf, "-3: %4d right justif.\n", -3); printf("%s", buf);
  201. return 0;
  202. }
/*
* if you compile this file with
* gcc -Wall $(YOUR_C_OPTIONS) -DTEST_PRINTF -c printf.c
* you will get a normal warning:
* printf.c:214: warning: spurious trailing `%' in format
* this line is testing an invalid % at the end of the format string.
*
* this should display (on 32bit int machine) :
*
* Hello world!
* printf test
* (null) is null pointer
* 5 = 5
* -2147483647 = - max int
* char a = 'a'
* hex ff = ff
* hex 00 = 00
* signed -3 = unsigned 4294967293 = hex fffffffd
* 0 message(s)
* 0 message(s) with %
* justif: "left "
* justif: " right"
* 3: 0003 zero padded
* 3: 3 left justif.
* 3: 3 right justif.
* -3: -003 zero padded
* -3: -3 left justif.
* -3: -3 right justif.
*/
#endif
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now that you have posted all that code, what, if anything, is your question?
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Thanks for the code. I was googl'ing for a solution and this was just what I needed.
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