va_start

#include <stdarg.h>

void va_start (
  argptr,         /* optional argument list */
  prevparm);      /* arg preceding optional args */

The va_start macro, when used in a function with a variable-length argument list, initializes argptr for subsequent use by the va_arg and va_end macros. The prevparm argument must be the name of the function argument immediately preceding the optional arguments specified by ellipses ('...'). This routine must be called to initialize a variable-length argument list pointer before any access using the va_arg macro is made.

None.

va_arg, va_end

#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h> /* for printf */

int varfunc (char *buf, int id, ...) {
  va_list tag;

  va_start (tag, id);

  if (id == 0) {
    int arg1;
    char *arg2;
    long arg3;

    arg1 = va_arg (tag, int);
    arg2 = va_arg (tag, char *);
    arg3 = va_arg (tag, long);
  }

  else {
    char *arg1;
    char *arg2;
    long arg3;

    arg1 = va_arg (tag, char *);
    arg2 = va_arg (tag, char *);
    arg3 = va_arg (tag, long);
  }

  va_end (tag);
}

void caller (void) {
  char tmp_buffer [10];

  varfunc (tmp_buffer, 0, 27, "Test Code", 100L);
  varfunc (tmp_buffer, 1, "Test", "Code", 348L);
}