diff --git a/strings/safe_format.c b/strings/safe_format.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29237d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/safe_format.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <strsafe.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+#define BUF_LEN 256
+
+int wmain(void) { 
+
+    wchar_t *word = L"table";
+    int count = 6;
+
+    wchar_t buf[BUF_LEN] = {0}; 
+    wchar_t *line = L"There are %d %lss";
+
+    HRESULT r = StringCchPrintfW(buf, ARRAYSIZE(buf), line, count, word);   
+        
+    if (SUCCEEDED(r)) {
+
+        wprintf(L"%ls\n", buf);
+
+    } else {
+
+        wprintf(L"StringCchPrintfW() failed\n"); 
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}