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Is it safe to use the code sprintf? because i was reading something and it said that sprintf is not safe to use

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KSSV
KSSV on 3 Sep 2020
Where you want to use? And where you read it is not safe and why?
Daniel Martelli
Daniel Martelli on 3 Sep 2020
I havent used it, i just went to google and wrote sprintf just to see what it does, and i came across this warning, so i figured i should ask. So can you answer my question and say if it is safe to use please
KSSV
KSSV on 3 Sep 2020
Share the link where there was a warning.
per isakson
per isakson on 3 Sep 2020
"sprintf is not safe to use" in what programming language?

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Bruno Luong
Bruno Luong on 3 Sep 2020

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It's not safe for C where strings are 0 terminated.
But for MATLAB the length is inside an internal (mxArray) structure, so it's totally safe.

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