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   JJ to R.Wieser   
   Re: wsprintf I64 - how to get it to incl   
   07 Jan 26 17:49:54   
   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, alt.windows7.general   
   From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:35:45 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:   
      
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   > OS XPsp3 :   
   >   
   > I'm using wsprintfA (user32) with the format-string "%010I64d" to output   
   > a provided 64-bit number.  Which works.   
   >   
   > The thing is that I would like to see a "+" sign for the positive numbers,   
   > and I can't seem to do it.  No matter where I put a "+" symbol in the format   
   > string the output breaks.   
   >   
   > Question : is there a way to get wsprintfA to include a plus sign when   
   > displaying decimal numbers, and if so what is it ?   
   >   
   > Remark : I've also tried sprintf (crtdll), but it doesn't seem to understand   
   > either "%I64d" or "%lld".   
   >   
   > Remark #2 : wsprintfA doesn't understand "%+d" either.  :-|   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
      
   `+` is never part of format control string in the first place. It'd just be   
   treated as literal text.   
      
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