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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <string.h>
int mprintf (char ** p, const char *format, ...)
{
va_list arg;
int tmp;
int len = 0;
int add_len = 0;
/* count old chars */
if(*p)
len = strlen(*p);
/* count leng to add */
add_len = strlen(format) + 2;
/*printf("Changing size to %i\n", p->string_len);*/
*p=realloc(*p, ((len + add_len) * sizeof(char)));
while(1)
{
va_start (arg, format);
tmp = vsnprintf ((*p)+len, add_len, format, arg);
va_end (arg);
/* check if that was enouth */
if(tmp > -1 && tmp < add_len) break;
add_len = ( tmp < 0 ? add_len * 2 : tmp + 1);
*p=realloc(*p, ((len + add_len) * sizeof(char)));
}
return tmp;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *test=NULL;
mprintf(&test, "Hello world\n");
mprintf(&test, "This is a funny test\n");
mprintf(&test, "Of an self reallocating function\n");
mprintf(&test, "that shud work with %s\n", "variables");
printf("This is test (%i): \n\"%s\"\n", strlen(test), test);
free(test);
exit(0);
}