Formatted Input

scanf( fmt, *args ... )

fscanf( fp, fmt, *args ... )

sscanf( string, fmt, *args ... )

• Examples:

  fscanf( fp, “%s %s”, firstName, lastname );
  
  sscanf( argv[1], “%d %d”, &int1, &int2 );

• Returns number of successful args matched … be careful, scanf should only be used in limited cases where exact format is know in advance

• See K&R book or man pages for all the details

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