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# SDL_IOprintf

Print to an [SDL_IOStream](SDL_IOStream) data stream.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_iostream.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_iostream.h)

## Syntax

```c
size_t SDL_IOprintf(SDL_IOStream *context, SDL_PRINTF_FORMAT_STRING const char *fmt, ...)  SDL_PRINTF_VARARG_FUNC(2);

```

## Function Parameters

|                 |                                                                     |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **context**     | a pointer to an [SDL_IOStream](SDL_IOStream) structure              |
| **fmt**         | a printf() style format string                                      |
| **...**         | additional parameters matching % tokens in the `fmt` string, if any |

## Return Value

Returns the number of bytes written, or 0 on error; call
[SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more information.

## Remarks

This function does formatted printing to the stream.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

## See Also

- [SDL_IOvprintf](SDL_IOvprintf)
- [SDL_WriteIO](SDL_WriteIO)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryIOStream](CategoryIOStream)