Method Format

sdk/angelscript/source/as_string.cpp:281–315

Returns the length

// Returns the length
size_t asCString::Format(const char *format, ...)
{
	va_list args;
	va_start(args, format);

	const size_t startSize = 1024;
	char tmp[startSize];
	int r = asVSNPRINTF(tmp, startSize-1, format, args);

	if( r > 0 && r < int(startSize) )
	{
		Assign(tmp, r);
	}
	else
	{
		// TODO: For some reason this doesn't work properly on Linux. Perhaps the
		//       problem is related to vsnprintf not keeping the state of va_arg.
		//       Perhaps I need to rewrite this in some way to keep the state
		size_t n = startSize*2;
		asCString str; // Use temporary string in case the current buffer is a parameter
		str.Allocate(n, false);

		while( (r = asVSNPRINTF(str.AddressOf(), n, format, args)) < 0 || r >= int(n) )
		{
			n *= 2;
			str.Allocate(n, false);
		}

		Assign(str.AddressOf(), r);
	}

	va_end(args);

	return length;
}

char &asCString::operator [](size_t index) 
{