Does printf support function overloading In C? [duplicate]

Answer 1

If you mean the difference between

printf("something: %d\n", number);
printf("something else: %d, %s\n", number, string);

this has nothing to do with overloading. It's just a variadic function

Answer 2

If you're asking how printf takes different numbers and types of arguements, then no, it isn't function overloading. Functions can be defined to take variable argument lists.

Look at stdarg.h for working with variable arguement lists

Answer 3

C doesn't have signature based polymorphism so you can't do this. There are a few ways you can sort of do this listed here.

The more important question is why you would want to do this? Why is printf not generic enough for you?

Answer 4

printf() in C is a variadic function which can be thought of as a form of overloading. Unlike overloaded functions in languages like C++, Java, C# etc., a variadic function is not type-safe which is why they are somewhat frowned upon.