sscanf

Description

Read data from a string according to a standard C format specification.

Syntax

int sscanf( LPCSTR lpcszBuffer, LPCSTR lpcszFormat, ... )

Parameters

lpcszBuffer

[input] String to search through for formated data

lpcszFormat

[input] Standard C format specification

...

[input] A comma separated list of receptor variables to hold returned data values. For %s type, the variable should be a character buffer.

Return

Returns the number of data values which are returned in receptor variables.

Examples

EX1

void sscanf_ex1()
{
    char str2[10], str1[]="Hello C 15 17.56";
    char cChar;
    int iInt;
    float fFloat;
    int N;
    N = sscanf( str1, "%s %c %d %f", str2, &cChar, &iInt, &fFloat);
    out_str(str1);
    out_str(str2);
    printf("%c\n",cChar);
    out_int("",iInt);
    out_double("",fFloat);
}

Remark

Read data from a string according to a standard C format specification and return data

values in a series of user specified receptor variables.

See Also

header to Include

origin.h

Reference