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.1-2024.

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)

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