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| .TH va_list 3type (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" |
| .SH NAME |
| va_list \- variable argument list |
| .SH LIBRARY |
| Standard C library |
| .RI ( libc ) |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <stdarg.h> |
| .P |
| .BR typedef " /* ... */ " va_list; |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Used by functions with a varying number of arguments of varying types. |
| The function must declare an object of type |
| .I va_list |
| which is used by the macros |
| .BR va_start (3), |
| .BR va_arg (3), |
| .BR va_copy (3), |
| and |
| .BR va_end (3) |
| to traverse the list of arguments. |
| .SH STANDARDS |
| C11, POSIX.1-2008. |
| .SH HISTORY |
| C89, POSIX.1-2001. |
| .SH NOTES |
| The following headers also provide |
| .IR va_list : |
| .I <stdio.h> |
| and |
| .IR <wchar.h> . |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR va_start (3), |
| .BR va_arg (3), |
| .BR va_copy (3), |
| .BR va_end (3) |
