Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/ALL/sprintf, revision 1.1

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        !             3: sprintf()                     STDIO                     sprintf()
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        !             8: Format output
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        !            10: #include <stdio.h>
        !            11: iinntt sspprriinnttff(_s_t_r_i_n_g, _f_o_r_m_a_t [ , _a_r_g ] ...)
        !            12: cchhaarr *_s_t_r_i_n_g, *_f_o_r_m_a_t;
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        !            14: sprintf formats  and prints a string.   It resembles the function
        !            15: printf, except that it writes its output into the memory location
        !            16: pointed to by string, instead of to the standard output.
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        !            18: sprintf reads the string pointed  to by format to specify an out-
        !            19: put format  for each arg;  it then writes every  arg into string,
        !            20: which it  ends with a null character.   For a detailed discussion
        !            21: of sprintf's formatting codes, see printf.
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        !            23: ***** Example *****
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        !            25: For an example of this function, see the entry for ssssccaannff.
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        !            27: ***** See Also *****
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        !            29: printf(), fprintf(), STDIO
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        !            31: ***** Notes *****
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        !            33: The output string passed to  sprintf must be large enough to hold
        !            34: all output characters.
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        !            36: Because C  does not perform type checking,   it is essential that
        !            37: each argument match its format specification.
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        !            39: At present, sspprriinnttff does not return a meaningful value.
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