Find format string from a set of printf formatted strings

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Say I have a set of strings formatted with a printf for example:

    printf("Name: %s, Age: %d, code:0x%08x\t\n",...);

Now I dont know the format string of the printf but have instances of the output call it a set of outputs example:

    "Name: Brian Bach, Age: 24, code:0x00123456"
    "Name: Julian Roter, Age: 32, code:0x00000456"

The task is to find the format_string that created this. Obviously there are many format strings that can produce this output but how to find the minimal format string (roughly minimum number of % specifiers)..

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asked on Stack Overflow Mar 16, 2018 by kpavanc

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