chuqudee / printf

printf Team Project

Background Context

• Write your own printf function.

More Info

Authorized functions and macros

• write (man 2 write)
• malloc (man 3 malloc)
• free (man 3 free)
• va_start (man 3 va_start)
• va_end (man 3 va_end)
• va_copy (man 3 va_copy)
• va_arg (man 3 va_arg)

Compilation

• Your code will be compiled this way:

$ gcc -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic *.c

• As a consequence, be careful not to push any c file containing a main function in the root directory of your project (you could have a test folder containing all your tests files including main functions) Our main files will include your main header file (holberton.h): #include holberton.h You might want to look at the gcc flag -Wno-format when testing with your /_printf and the standard printf. Example of test file that you could use:

alex@ubuntu:~/c/printf$ cat main.c 
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "holberton.h"

/**
 * main - Entry point
 *
 * Return: Always 0
 */
int main(void)
{
    int len;
    int len2;
    unsigned int ui;
    void *addr;

    len = _printf("Let's try to printf a simple sentence.\n");
    len2 = printf("Let's try to printf a simple sentence.\n");
    ui = (unsigned int)INT_MAX + 1024;
    addr = (void *)0x7ffe637541f0;
    _printf("Length:[%d, %i]\n", len, len);
    printf("Length:[%d, %i]\n", len2, len2);
    _printf("Negative:[%d]\n", -762534);
    printf("Negative:[%d]\n", -762534);
    _printf("Unsigned:[%u]\n", ui);
    printf("Unsigned:[%u]\n", ui);
    _printf("Unsigned octal:[%o]\n", ui);
    printf("Unsigned octal:[%o]\n", ui);
    _printf("Unsigned hexadecimal:[%x, %X]\n", ui, ui);
    printf("Unsigned hexadecimal:[%x, %X]\n", ui, ui);
    _printf("Character:[%c]\n", 'H');
    printf("Character:[%c]\n", 'H');
    _printf("String:[%s]\n", "I am a string !");
    printf("String:[%s]\n", "I am a string !");
    _printf("Address:[%p]\n", addr);
    printf("Address:[%p]\n", addr);
    len = _printf("Percent:[%%]\n");
    len2 = printf("Percent:[%%]\n");
    _printf("Len:[%d]\n", len);
    printf("Len:[%d]\n", len2);
    _printf("Unknown:[%r]\n");
    printf("Unknown:[%r]\n");
    return (0);
}
alex@ubuntu:~/c/printf$ gcc -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wno-format *.c
alex@ubuntu:~/c/printf$ ./printf
Let's try to printf a simple sentence.
Let's try to printf a simple sentence.
Length:[39, 39]
Length:[39, 39]
Negative:[-762534]
Negative:[-762534]
Unsigned:[2147484671]
Unsigned:[2147484671]
Unsigned octal:[20000001777]
Unsigned octal:[20000001777]
Unsigned hexadecimal:[800003ff, 800003FF]
Unsigned hexadecimal:[800003ff, 800003FF]
Character:[H]
Character:[H]
String:[I am a string !]
String:[I am a string !]
Address:[0x7ffe637541f0]
Address:[0x7ffe637541f0]
Percent:[%]
Percent:[%]
Len:[12]
Len:[12]
Unknown:[%r]
Unknown:[%r]
alex@ubuntu:~/c/printf$

• We strongly encourage you to work all together on a set of tests
• If the task does not specify what to do with an edge case, do the same as printf

Workshop Development

Tasks

0. I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life

Write a function that produces output according to a format.

• Prototype: int /_printf(const char *format, ...);
• Returns: the number of characters printed (excluding the null byte used to end output to strings)
• write output to stdout, the standard output stream
• format is a character string. The format string is composed of zero or more directives. See man 3 printf for more detail. You need to handle the following conversion specifiers:
• • c
• • s
• • %
• You don’t have to reproduce the buffer handling of the C library printf function
• You don’t have to handle the flag characters
• You don’t have to handle field width
• You don’t have to handle precision
• You don’t have to handle the length modifiers

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

1. Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't

Write a function that prints numbers, followed by a new line.

Handle the following conversion specifiers:

• d
• i
• You don’t have to handle the flag characters
• You don’t have to handle field width
• You don’t have to handle precision
• You don’t have to handle the length modifiers

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

2. Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel

Create a man page for your function.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

File: man_3_printf

3. With a face like mine, I do better in print

Handle the following custom conversion specifiers:

• b: the unsigned int argument is converted to binary

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

4. What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print

Handle the following conversion specifiers:

• u
• o
• x
• X
• You don’t have to handle the flag characters
• You don’t have to handle field width
• You don’t have to handle precision
• You don’t have to handle the length modifiers

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

5. Nothing in fine print is ever good news

Use a local buffer of 1024 chars in order to call write as little as possible.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

6. My weakness is wearing too much leopard print

Handle the following custom conversion specifier:

• S : prints the string.
• Non printable characters "(0 < ASCII value < 32 or >= 127)" are printed this way: \x, followed by the ASCII code value in hexadecimal (upper case - always 2 characters)

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

7. How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print

Handle the following conversion specifier: p.

• You don’t have to handle the flag characters
• You don’t have to handle field width
• You don’t have to handle precision
• You don’t have to handle the length modifiers

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

8. The big print gives and the small print takes away

Handle the following flag characters for non-custom conversion specifiers:

• +
• space
• #

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

9. Sarcasm is lost in print

Handle the following length modifiers for non-custom conversion specifiers:

• l
• h Conversion specifiers to handle: d, i, u, o, x, X

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

10. Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests

Handle the field width for non-custom conversion specifiers.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

11. The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance

Handle the precision for non-custom conversion specifiers.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

12. It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.

Handle the 0 flag character for non-custom conversion specifiers.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

13. Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

Handle the - flag character for non-custom conversion specifiers.

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

14. Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.

Handle the following custom conversion specifier:

• r : prints the reversed string

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

15. The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring

Handle the following custom conversion specifier:

• R: prints the rot13'ed string

REPO: GitHub repository: printf

16. *

All the above options work well together.

REPO:

• GitHub repository: printf

Authors

• Solomon Ferede