C6302

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warning C6302: format string mismatch: character string passed as parameter <number> when wide character string is required in call to <function>

This warning indicates that the format string specifies that a wide character string is required. However, a character string is being passed. This defect is likely to cause a crash or a corruption of some form.

Example

The following sample code generates this warning because a character string is passed to wprintf function:

#include<stdio.h>  
  
void f()  
{  
  char buff[5] = "hi";  
  
  wprintf(L"%s", buff);  
}

The following sample code uses %hs to specify a single-byte character string with wprintf function:

#include<stdio.h>  
  
void f()  
{  
  char buff[5] = "hi";  
  
  wprintf(L"%hs", buff);  
}

The following sample code uses safe string manipulation function wprintf_s to correct this warning:

#include<stdio.h>  
  
void f()  
{  
  char buff[5] = "hi";  
  
  wprintf_s(L"%hs", buff);  
}