| Defined in header <stdarg.h> | ||
|---|---|---|
| void va_copy( va_list dest, va_list src ); | (since C99) | 
The va_copy macro copies src to dest.
va_end should be called on dest before the function returns or any subsequent re-initialization of dest (via calls to va_start or va_copy).
| dest | - | an instance of the va_listtype to initialize | 
| src | - | the source va_listthat will be used to initializedest | 
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <math.h>
 
double sample_stddev(int count, ...) 
{
    /* Compute the mean with args1. */
    double sum = 0;
    va_list args1;
    va_start(args1, count);
    va_list args2;
    va_copy(args2, args1);   /* copy va_list object */
    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
        double num = va_arg(args1, double);
        sum += num;
    }
    va_end(args1);
    double mean = sum / count;
 
    /* Compute standard deviation with args2 and mean. */
    double sum_sq_diff = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
        double num = va_arg(args2, double);
        sum_sq_diff += (num-mean) * (num-mean);
    }
    va_end(args2);
    return sqrt(sum_sq_diff / count);
}
 
int main(void) 
{
    printf("%f\n", sample_stddev(4, 25.0, 27.3, 26.9, 25.7));
}Possible output:
0.920258
| accesses the next variadic function argument (function macro) | |
| ends traversal of the variadic function arguments (function macro) | |
| holds the information needed by va_start, va_arg, va_end, and va_copy (typedef) | |
| enables access to variadic function arguments (function macro) | |
| C++ documentation for va_copy | |
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