2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
index d9d030432d3..22b41d0055b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_string.h
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ char *BLI_strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, int maxncpy);
 	 */
 int BLI_snprintf(char *buffer, size_t count, const char *format, ...);
 
+	/* 
+	 * Print formatted string into a newly mallocN'd string
+	 * and return it.
+	 */
+char *BLI_sprintfN(const char *format, ...);
+
 	/**
 	 * Compare two strings
 	 * 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
index e0522e60dd0..8485a0c975b 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
 
+#include "BLI_dynstr.h"
 #include "BLI_string.h"
 
 char *BLI_strdupn(const char *str, int len) {
@@ -81,6 +82,24 @@ int BLI_snprintf(char *buffer, size_t count, const char *format, ...)
 	return n;
 }
 
+char *BLI_sprintfN(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	DynStr *ds;
+	va_list arg;
+	char *n;
+
+	va_start(arg, format);
+
+	ds= BLI_dynstr_new();
+	BLI_dynstr_vappendf(ds, format, arg);
+	n= BLI_dynstr_get_cstring(ds);
+	BLI_dynstr_free(ds);
+
+	va_end(arg);
+
+	return n;
+}
+
 int BLI_streq(char *a, char *b) {
 	return (strcmp(a, b)==0);
 }