and assigns the address of this buffer to the corresponding
.I pointer
argument, which should be a pointer to a
-.I "char *"
+.I "char\ *"
variable (this variable does not need to be initialized before the call).
The caller should subsequently
.BR free (3)
.I maximum field width
(default 1); the next pointer must be a pointer to
.IR char ,
-and there must be enough room for all the characters (no terminating
-null byte
-is added).
+and there must be enough room for all the characters
+(no terminating null byte is added).
The usual skip of leading white space is suppressed.
To skip white space first, use an explicit space in the format.
.TP