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from: Frank Adam
date: 1996-04-20 18:23:04
subject: Function args

Hi,

The other day i was playing around with a function until i realized that 
i was re-writing vsprintf() :) but a question remains.

Is it at all possible to send  variable type and number of args to a
function, and determine the types and number of them at runtime ?

eg. void foo(char*,...);

foo("hello",10,5.6,'o');
foo(10.7,90,"Hello",'i',90,80);

This may not make any sense, but i'm curious if there is a way of doing it.
If there is, how would i then check for the type ?
                              
 L8r Frank(fadam{at}ozemail.com.au)

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