From: "Mark J. Reed" <mreed@...>
Date: 2004-04-22T03:19:12+09:00
Subject: Re: printf / indent

"Its Me" <itsme213@hotmail.com> writes:

>Shouldn't sprintf truncate strings if needed?

No.  From the UNIX manual page printf(3):

       In no case does a non-existent or small field width cause
       truncation of a field; if the result of a conversion is
       wider than the  field  width, the field is expanded to
       contain the conversion result.

-Mark