commented things to clarify

printf.c

@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@
  **/
 int _printf(const char *format, ...)
 {
-	int buff_idx, fmt_idx;
+	int buff_idx, fmt_idx; /* Indexes */
 	unsigned int identifiers, BUFF_SIZE, printed;
-	char *buffer;
+	char *buffer; /*where non formated things are stored*/
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, format);
 
-	identifiers = _contains(format, '%');
+	identifiers = _contains(format, '%'); /* instances of %s, %c etc */
 	BUFF_SIZE = _strlen(format) - identifiers;
-	buffer = malloc(BUFF_SIZE);
+	buffer = malloc(BUFF_SIZE); /* sized of the non % instances only*/
 
 	if (!format) /* No string. No laundry */
 		return (0);
 
-	buff_idx = 0;
+	buff_idx = 0; /* was there a way to squish these together? */
 	fmt_idx = 0;
 	printed = 0;
 	while (*(format + fmt_idx))
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int _printf(const char *format, ...)
 			{
 				_puts(buffer);
 				BUFF_SIZE -= _strlen(buffer);
+				printed += _strlen(buffer);
 				free(buffer);
 				buffer =  malloc(BUFF_SIZE);
 				buff_idx = 0;
@@ -42,12 +43,13 @@ int _printf(const char *format, ...)
 			switch (*(format + fmt_idx + 1)) /*this needs to shrink*/
 			{
 				case 's':
-					_puts(va_arg(args, char*));
+					printed += _puts(va_arg(args, char*));
 					break;
 				case 'c':
-					_putchar(va_arg(args, int));
+					printed += _putchar(va_arg(args, int));
 					break;
 				case '%': /*add 1 byte*/
+					printed += _putchar('%');
 					break;
 			}
 				fmt_idx += 2;
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ int _printf(const char *format, ...)
 	}
 	if (*buffer)
 	{
-		_puts(buffer);
+		printed += _puts(buffer);
 		free(buffer);
 	}
 	return (printed);