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+/***********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Program to demonstrate the 'sprintf' statement. This example 
+ *          is a bit lame as the same effect can be seen with a 'printf'.
+ *	    But, it does show a string being built and passed into a 
+ *          function.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    10-Jul-94
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main()
+{
+    int i=1;		/* Define an integer variable.  		*/
+    char message[80];	/* Text string 					*/
+
+			/* format text and put into 'message' this a great
+			 * improvement over using 'strcpy' and 'strcat' to
+			 * build a text string.
+			 */
+    sprintf (message, "i is %i", i);
+			/* I may be stating the obvious but a '\0' is
+			 * put on the end of the string.		*/
+
+    puts(message);	/* Display message				*/
+}