Do you hate using write as the only allowed method of writing to the terminal or files? Well, ft_printf to the rescue!

With this project we extended our standard library clone by writing our own (simplified) printf with the flags %c, %s, %d, %i, %p, %u, %x, %x and %%.

• Libft
• Description
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage

You will need GNU Make version 3.81 or higher ( https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ ). To compile you will also need a gcc compiler. At school we use clang version 11.0.0 ( https://gcc.gnu.org/install/download.html )

Open a terminal window and cd into a directory of your choice. Clone the repo via git clone <link to remote repo> to your machine and execute cd ft_printf && make.

The library is compiled into libftprintf.a and can be included in your projects by including the path to the 'ft_printf.h' and libft.h files and linking the library to your project during compilation with -L[path to ft_printf directory] and -lftprintf (eg. using a Makefile):

{
### GNU MAKEFILE ###

NAME = your_project
SRC = [your source files]
INC = [your header files]

$(NAME): $(SRC) $(INC)
    gcc -I$(INC) $< -o $@ -Lft_printf -lftprintf
}

In the folder there is a test file with unit tests for 'ft_printf', which can be executed like so after compilation:

  cc -I$(INC) my_printf_tests.c -o test -Lft_printf -lftprintf
  ./test

Over the course of the curriculum, the library has expanded significantly. The most current version can be found in the miniRT project. I will update thhis version once my other early school projects work with the most current version.