In the ft_printf project, I replicated the functionality of the standard printf function in C.

The main challenge of this project was to learn how variadic functions work and how to use them, which involved handling the formatting and printing of text with different data types. Completing this project made possible adding it to my libft library for future use.

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Code Explanation
ft_printf	Is the main function that formats and prints the given string with variadic arguments.
select_format	A helper function used to select the format of an argument based on the provided value and then call the corresponding formatting function.
Formatting Functions	Functions like ft_pf_putchar, ft_pf_putstr, ft_pf_pointer, and ft_pf_putnbr_base are used to format and print different data types to handle various the different format specifiers

Supported Format Specifiers

Format	Description	Formatting Function	Format	putnbr Base
%c	Prints a character	ft_pf_putchar	int	-
%s	Prints a string	ft_pf_putstr	char *	-
%p	Prints a pointer	ft_pf_pointer ft_pf_putnbr_base	unsigned long long	hexadecimal
%d and %i	Prints signed integers	ft_pf_putnbr_base	int	decimal
%u	Prints unsigned integers	ft_pf_putnbr_base	unsigned int	decimal
%x	Prints integers in lowercase hexadecimal	ft_pf_putnbr_base	unsigned int	hexadecimal
%X	Prints integers in uppercase hexadecimal	ft_pf_putnbr_base	unsigned int	hexadecimal
%%	Prints a percentage simbol %

Usage example

Main example:

int  main(void)
{
    ft_printf("The answer to %s is %d.\n", "life", 42);
    ft_printf("UpTo%c", 'U');
    return (0);
}

Output:

The answer to life is 42
UpToU

Limitations

This implementation does not include all the features and options provided by the standard printf function. It does not handle width, precision, or other formatting flags.