sprintf is it safe to use?

Is it safe to use the code sprintf? because i was reading something and it said that sprintf is not safe to use

[KSSV]

Where you want to use? And where you read it is not safe and why?

[Daniel Martelli]

I havent used it, i just went to google and wrote sprintf just to see what it does, and i came across this warning, so i figured i should ask. So can you answer my question and say if it is safe to use please

[KSSV]

Share the link where there was a warning.

[per isakson]

"sprintf is not safe to use" in what programming language?

Answer 1

[Bruno Luong]

It's not safe for C where strings are 0 terminated.

But for MATLAB the length is inside an internal (mxArray) structure, so it's totally safe.