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Howtouse__VA_ARGS__insideaCfunctioninsteadofmacro?[duplicate]

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C/C++:Passingvariablenumberofargumentsaround
I'mcurrentlyusingthefollowingmacrodeclaredonmyCfile.
#defineCOMMON_Print(...)printf(__VA_ARGS__)

Nowthatcallworksjustfine,butturnsoutthatIneedtobeabletocreateaCfunctionthatlookssomethinglikethis:
voidCOMMON_Print(...)
{
printf(__VA_ARGS__);
}

Sothatfunctiondoesn'twork,Igetanerror
"Error:undefinedidentifier__VA_ARGS__"
Thecomplexityofmyprojectrequirestohaveafunctionsinceit'saninterface...SohowcanIgettheparameters...andpassthemtotheprintf
function?OrbetterwhatamIdoingwrong?
Thanks!
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askedDec2'10at20:16

Jona
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4Answers

Eachofthe ?printf functionshasacorresponding

thingbuttakesa va_list ,avariableargumentlist.

v?printf

functionwhichdoesthesame

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdarg.h>
voidCOMMON_Print(char*format,...)

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{
va_listargs;
va_start(args,format);
vprintf(format,args);
va_end(args);
}

Sidenote:Noticethat va_start takesthenameofthelastargumentbeforethe ... asa

parameter. va_start isamacrowhichdoessomestackbasedmagictoretrievethevariable
argumentsanditneedstheaddressofthelastfixedargumenttodothis.
Asaconsequenceofthis,therehastobeatleastonefixedargumentsoyoucanpassitto
va_start .ThisiswhyIaddedthe format argumentinsteadofstickingwiththesimpler
COMMON_Print(...) declaration.
See:http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/vprintf/
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answeredDec2'10at20:19

JohnKugelman
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Ifyouusemacros,youneednoprecedingarg.Considerthisexample: #defineLOGI(...)
((void)__android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,LOG_TAG,__VA_ARGS__)) Thisobviouslyisvery

convenientfromausageviewpoint.ArcaneEngineerJul28'15at11:39

__VA_ARGS__
va_start

isonlyformacrosvariadicfunctionsareratherdifferent.Youneedtouse
and va_end from stdarg.h tohandlethem.

va_arg

First,yourfunctionneedsatleastonenamedparameter,e.g.:
voidCOMMON_Print(constchar*fmt,...)

Thenyoucandefinea

va_list

anduse

va_start

tosetit:

va_listargs;
va_start(args,fmt);
//yourcodehere
va_end(args);

Nowyoucanuse args toaccesstheargumentscalling va_arg(args,TYPE) willreturnthenext

variadicargument,soyoucanjustkeepcallingthatuntilyou'vereadallthearguments.
Ifyou'rejusttryingtocall
directly:

printf

,there'saprintfvariantcalled

vprintf

thattakesthe

va_list

vprintf(fmt,args);

Thereisnoeasywaytocallonevariadicfunctionfromanotheryouneedsomethinglike
vprintf thattakesthewhole va_list
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answeredDec2'10at20:21

MichaelMrozek
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Thanksforyourexplanation.Thanksforthehelpandexplanationstheyreallyhelped!:) Jona Dec2'10

at20:33
'va_arg(args,TYPE)'willreturnNULLonlyifNULLwaspassedbythecaller.Thereisnodefaultend

conditionforva_arg.Youmusteitherpassasentinelvalueorknowtheexactnumberofparameters,passed
byaparameterorbycountingthenumberof%inaprintfformatstring.PatrickSchlterDec2'10at21:05
@tristopiaOh,rightI'minthehabitofpassingNULLattheendwhennecessary.Fixed MichaelMrozek

Dec2'10at21:08

__VA_ARGS__

isformacrosonly.

Chainingthevariablenumberofargumenttoanotherfunctioncan'tbedonedirectly.Insteadyou
havetopassava_list,andthefunctionyou'recallinghavetotakeava_list.Luckilythere'sa
variationofprintfthatdoesthis,yourfunctionhavetobewrittenthisway:
voidCOMMON_Print(char*format,...)
{
va_listargs;
va_begin(args,format);
vsprintf(format,args);

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va_end(args);
}
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answeredDec2'10at20:22

nos
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1 Thanksalotforyourresponse!Itactuallyworks!ButtherearesomeformattingissuesgoingonthatIneed
toresolveonmyendIbelieve.FYI,I'mworkingonanembeddeddevice. Jona Dec2'10at20:32
Whatisvaprintf?Orisitjustatypo? VincentFourmond Dec1'15at14:42

WhatyouarelookingforistheEllipsis operator.
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answeredDec2'10at20:22

Dima
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