diff --git a/examples/example b/examples/example
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diff --git a/examples/example2 b/examples/example2
deleted file mode 100755
index 155367f..0000000
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diff --git a/examples/example2.cpp b/examples/example2.cpp
index 661a6d7..654d0c5 100644
--- a/examples/example2.cpp
+++ b/examples/example2.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 using namespace pipecolors;
 
 int main(void) {
-   char * buffer;
+   
+   char buffer[128];
+   char * buf;
    int num = 5;
    const char* str = "My number is";
+   const char* str2 = "|10My number is|07";
    int len = pcprintf("|01%s |41|09%d|39\n", str, num);
    pcprintf("|10Length of Len is : |15|30%d\n|07", len);
-   int len2 = pcsprintf(buffer, "%s %d\n", str, num);
-   printf("%s\n", buffer);
+   int len2 = pcsprintf(buffer, "%s %d\n", str2, num);
+   printf("\n%s %d\n", buffer, len2);
+   int len3 = asprintf(&buf, "%s %d\n", str2, num);
+   printf("\n%s %d\n", buf, len3);
    return 0;                  
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libpipecolors.cpp b/libpipecolors.cpp
index 34ad857..7070522 100644
--- a/libpipecolors.cpp
+++ b/libpipecolors.cpp
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ namespace pipecolors {
     }
 
     return std::make_pair(s, len.length());
-    
+
   }
 
-  int pcprintf( const char * fmt, ...)
+  int pcprintf( const char * format, ...)
   {
     char * buffer;
     va_list args;
     int ret;
 
-    va_start(args, fmt);
-    ret = vasprintf(&buffer, fmt, args);
+    va_start(args, format);
+    ret = vasprintf(&buffer, format, args);
     va_end(args);
     if(ret == -1) {
         free(buffer);
@@ -130,24 +130,29 @@ namespace pipecolors {
     return(result.second);
 
   }
-  int pcsprintf( char * str, const char * fmt, ... ) {
+
+
+  int pcsprintf( char * str, const char * format, ... ) {
+
     int ret;
-    
+    std::cout << sizeof(str);
+    char** str1 = (char**)str;
     va_list args;
-    va_start(args, fmt);
-    ret = vasprintf(&str, fmt, args);
-    
+
+    va_start(args, format);
+    ret = vasprintf(str1, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+
     if(ret == -1) {
-        free(str);
+        free(str1);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    std::string s(str);
-    //free(buffer);
-
-    //std::pair<std::string, int> result = replace_colors(s);
-    //char* buffer = result.first;
-    
-    return s.length();
+    std::string s(*str1);
+    free(*str1);
+    std::pair<std::string, int> result = replace_colors(s);
+    const char * s2 = (const char *)result.first.c_str();
+    strcpy(str, s2);
+    return result.second;
   }
 } // namespace
diff --git a/pcprintf.3 b/pcprintf.3
index 6650885..2679582 100644
--- a/pcprintf.3
+++ b/pcprintf.3
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ pcsprintf \- convert pipecode (|10) to ansi colors
 .sp
 .B using namespace pipecolors;
 .sp
-.BI "int pcprintf(const char *" format ", ...);"
+.BI "int pcprintf(const char * " format ", ...);"
 .br
-.BI "int pcsprintf(char *" str ", const char *" format ", ...);"
+.BI "int pcsprintf(char * " str ", const char * " format ", ...);"
 .sp
 .in -4n
 .ad
diff --git a/pipecolors.h b/pipecolors.h
index c571788..ddee655 100644
--- a/pipecolors.h
+++ b/pipecolors.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 int pcprintf( const char * format, ... );
-int pcsprintf( char * str, const char * fmt, ... );
+int pcsprintf( char * str, const char * format, ... );
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }