Printf Function

📖 Description

Note

No artificial intelligence was used in the creation of this project.

This project involves recreating the printf function and allowed me to greatly improve the following skills:

• Variadic functions
• Type Conversion & Representation
• String Parsing & Formatting

I dit not implement the buffer management of the original printf() function. This printf() function handles the following conversions: cspdiuxX%

🔑 Instructions

To use the ft_printf.a library, clone the directory with the command git clone https://github.com/Belladone-Bzz/Printf.git in the terminal then go in the directory with the command cd Printf.

The library is accompanied by a header file called ft_printf.h, which contains prototypes for all the functions used in the library. Every file is situated in the project's root, meaning no directory or hierarchy needs to be handled other than keeping the library together.

The project includes a Makefile with the following rules:

make        # Compiles the library and creates libft.a
make all    # Same as above
make clean  # Removes object files
make fclean # Removes all generated files including libft.a
make re     # Recompiles the entire project from scratch

All source files are compiled with -Wall -Wextra -Werror flags for strict error checking. To compile, use the command make to create the ft_printf.a library at the root.

Using the Library

To use ft_printf in other projects:

1. If you're working in a github repository, you can clone the library with the following command to add it as a submodule :

git submodule add https://github.com/Belladone-Bzz/Printf.git

2. Include the header file in your project:

#include "ft_printf.h"

3. Execute the provided Makefile to create the ft_printf.a file and include it in your project compilation

📄 Functions description

Core function of the project :

NAME	DECRIPTION
ft_printf	Can take a variable number of arguments. Check the flag used in argument to call the function that will write the corresponding variable. Return the number of character printed.

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Fuctions that can be called by ft_printf :

NAME	RELATED FLAG.S	DECRIPTION
ft_putchar	%c	Write the character c in the standard output. Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.
ft_putadress	%p	Write the memory address given as an argument in the standard output. Write (nil) if no address is found. Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.
ft_puthexa	%x or %X	Write the lowercase or uppercase hexadecimal value of the unsigned long int given as an argument in the standard output.Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.
ft_signed_int	%i or %d	Write the signed int value of the int given as an argument in the standard output.Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.
ft_unsigned_int	%u	Write the unsigned int value of the int given as an argument in the standard output.Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.
ft_putstr	%s	Write the string of char given as an argument in the standard output.Increment the count pointer each time a character is written.

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