NAME¶

va_list - variable argument list

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <stdarg.h>

typedef /* ... */  va_list;

DESCRIPTION¶

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¶

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

C89, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

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