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The code:

#include <cstdio>


int main()
{
using namespace std;

int i;

printf("%ld\n%n", 1, &i);

printf("==>%d\n", i);

printf("%ld\n%n", 123456, &i);

printf("==>%d\n", i);

}

in my system produces:

[john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
1
==>2
123456
==>7

[john@localhost src]$


I expected:

"[john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
1
==>1
123456
==>6
[john@localhost src]$ "



It looks like it increments the value written to i with 1 more, than it
should. Is this a bug of my compiler, or am I wrong?

On 31 Oct, 09:42, john <j...@no.spam> wrote:
> The code:
>
> #include <cstdio>
>
> int main()
> {
> using namespace std;
> int i;
> printf("%ld\n%n", 1, &i);
> printf("==>%d\n", i);
> printf("%ld\n%n", 123456, &i);
> printf("==>%d\n", i);
>
> }
>
> in my system produces:
>
> [john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
> 1
> ==>2
> 123456
> ==>7
>
> [john@localhost src]$
>
> I expected:
>
> "[john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
> 1
> ==>1
> 123456
> ==>6
> [john@localhost src]$ "
>
> It looks like it increments the value written to i with 1 more, than it
> should. Is this a bug of my compiler, or am I wrong?

Interesting - have never come across %n before:
Googling unearths (in http://www.cplusplus.com) :
"Nothing printed. The argument must be a pointer to a signed int,
where the number of characters written so far is stored."

So your sample is behaving correctly:
"1" + "\n" = 2 characters
"123456" + "\n" = 7 characters
as reported.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:42:36 +0200, john <> wrote in
comp.lang.c++:

> The code:
>
> #include <cstdio>
>
>
> int main()
> {
> using namespace std;
>
> int i;
>
> printf("%ld\n%n", 1, &i);
>
> printf("==>%d\n", i);
>
> printf("%ld\n%n", 123456, &i);
>
> printf("==>%d\n", i);
>
> }
>
> in my system produces:
>
> [john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
> 1
> ==>2
> 123456
> ==>7
>
> [john@localhost src]$
>
>
> I expected:
>
> "[john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
> 1
> ==>1
> 123456
> ==>6
> [john@localhost src]$ "
>
>
>
> It looks like it increments the value written to i with 1 more, than it
> should. Is this a bug of my compiler, or am I wrong?

You are wrong. You put the %n after the newline character in the
format string, so it is counted as well. Try putting the %n before
the \n.

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tragomaskhalos <> writes:

> On 31 Oct, 09:42, john <j...@no.spam> wrote:
>> The code:
>>
>> #include <cstdio>
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>> using namespace std;
>> int i;
>> printf("%ld\n%n", 1, &i);
>> printf("==>%d\n", i);
>> printf("%ld\n%n", 123456, &i);
>> printf("==>%d\n", i);
>>
>> }
>>
>> in my system produces:
>>
>> [john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
>> 1
>> ==>2
>> 123456
>> ==>7
>>
>> [john@localhost src]$
>>
>> I expected:
>>
>> "[john@localhost src]$ ./foobar-cpp
>> 1
>> ==>1
>> 123456
>> ==>6
>> [john@localhost src]$ "
>>
>> It looks like it increments the value written to i with 1 more, than it
>> should. Is this a bug of my compiler, or am I wrong?
>
> Interesting - have never come across %n before:

Very useful for IOCCC entries.

Chip

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