printf %s doesn't print the string

[titansattack]

How do I print the string using printf? The documentation mentions %s is the pointer address. I want to print the string.

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char* macro_up = "up.gmk";
 
printf(macro_name); // up.gmk
 
printf("macro: %s", macro_name);
 

https://www.consoletuner.com/wiki/index ... =t2:printf

[antithesis]

Have you defined "macro_name"?

[J2Kbr]

For optimization reasons, the printf expansion is done on Gtuner IV (if doing on the device, the firmware would increase over 20K just to have the vsnprintf() required by the printf function).

The down side of this approach is that strings (as arguments of the formatting string) are evaluated to its address and not by the value.

Here is a workaround for what is required:

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char *MacroNames[] = {
    "macro: up.gmk"
};
 
int macro = 0;
 
init {
    printf(MacroNames[macro]);
}
 

[Scachi]

For optimization reasons, the printf expansion is done on Gtuner IV (if doing on the device, the firmware would increase over 20K just to have the vsnprintf() required by the printf function).

The down side of this approach is that strings (as arguments of the formatting string) are evaluated to its address and not by the value.

Here is a workaround for what is required:

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char *MacroNames[] = {
    "macro: up.gmk"
};
 
int macro = 0;
 
init {
    printf(MacroNames[macro]);
}
 

That example should be added to the docs

[Scachi]

Is there an option to output multiple strings from the *MacroNames[] in one line ? I'm lost with pointers and stuff..
That doesn't work:

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printf(MacroNames[0],MacroNames[0]);

or is there a printf statement switch to use it without a linebreak at the end ?

[J2Kbr]

printf can accept only one string in the argument list (the format string). Please give me an idea of what you are trying to implement, maybe I can find an alternative solution.

[Scachi]

It is not important but would allow more flexibility on text output to the output panel.

I did just want to output some data for debugging a script, that data is a big char *MacroNames[] with 50+ entries.
As there are multiple selections at the same time it would have been nice to put them out side by side in a printf statement.

If we had a prinf statement without a linefeed/brake at the end I could have printed them like that in a single line in the output panel:

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"macro: up.gmk" - "macro: down.gmk" - "macro: left.gmk" - "macro: right.gmk"

with multiple commands like

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printf(MacroNames[0]); printf(" - ");
printf(MacroNames[1]); printf(" - ");
printf(MacroNames[2]); printf(" - ");
printf(MacroNames[3]); 
printf("\n");

[J2Kbr]

Maybe this will work for you?

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char *MacroNames[] = {
    "macro: up.gmk",
    "macro: down.gmk",
    "macro: left.gmk",
    "macro: right.gmk",
};
 
init {
    print(MacroNames[0]);
    print(" - ");
    print(MacroNames[1]);
    print(" - ");
    print(MacroNames[2]);
    print(" - ");
    print(MacroNames[3]);
    print(NULL); // NULL to actual printf
}
 
void print(char *str) {
    static char buffer[256], *tail;
 
    if(str) {
        if(!tail) {
            tail = &buffer;
        }
        while(*str) {
            *tail++ = *str++;
        }
    } else if(tail) {
        printf(&buffer);
        tail = NULL;
    }
}
 

[Scachi]

! awesome ! Thank you very much.