when I do FILE *f = fopen(...); double k = 10; fprintf(file, "k\x00%f", k);
only the string "k" will be written to the file (And this is the problem, since I want the strings "k" and "10.0" to be separated by the symbol with the code 0). If I do fprintf(file, "k\0x20%f", k); then the correct string "k 10.0" will be written to the file. gcc -v: Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) -- Summary: fprintf prints only a part of a string if the string has \x00 Product: gcc Version: 4.1.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: andrei dot kouznetsov at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32311