From: Maik Schmidt <pragmaik@...>
Date: 2007-05-01T16:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: sprintf can not work in ruby c source?

In article <9d71df8a63af2a669698ea94c2a5111c@ruby-forum.com> Haoqi
Haoqi <axgle@126.com> wrote:

> here is my simple test:
> where is my mistake??
> 
> #include "ruby.h"
> #include "stdio.h"
> static VALUE
> tests(){
>    char *s1="a ";
>     char *s2=" b";
>   char *buf;
>     sprintf(buf,"%s after %s",s1,s2);
>     printf(buf);
>   return Qnil;
> }
> void Init_hello(){
>  rb_define_global_function("tests",tests,0);
> }
> 
I guess your problem is that buf is an uninitialized pointer pointing to an
arbitrary memory location. If you declare it like this
char buf[200]
your program should work.

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