va_list(3type) — Linux manual page

va_list(3type)                                            va_list(3type)

NAME         top

       va_list - variable argument list

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdarg.h>

       typedef /* ... */  va_list;

DESCRIPTION         top

       Used by functions with a varying number of arguments of varying
       types.  The function must declare an object of type va_list which
       is used by the macros va_start(3), va_arg(3), va_copy(3), and
       va_end(3) to traverse the list of arguments.

STANDARDS         top

       C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       C89, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES         top

       The following headers also provide va_list: <stdio.h> and
       <wchar.h>.

SEE ALSO         top

       va_start(3), va_arg(3), va_copy(3), va_end(3)

Linux man-pages 6.04           2023-03-30                 va_list(3type)

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