/* * s s c a n . c * * Formatted numeric input */ /*)LIBRARY */ #ifdef DOCUMENTATION title sscanf Formatted Numeric Input index Formatted input conversion synopsis .s.nf char * sscanf(buffer, format, arg1, ...); char *buffer; char *format; .s.f Description sscanf() parses the input string, in buf, according to the indicated format descriptor, storing the results in the pointer arguments. It returns the number of successfully assigned input items. See the description of scanf() for further documentation. Diagnostics Sscanf() returns -1 if the end of the input string was detected and no data was stored. It returns -2 if a palpably incorrect format, such as "%" is encountered. Bugs #endif #include int sscanf(buffer, format, args) char *buffer; char *format; /* * Formatted conversion */ { FILE dummyiov; register FILE *fd; fd = &dummyiov; fd->_flag = _IOSTRG | _IOWRT; fd->_base = buffer; fd->_ptr = buffer; fd->_cnt = strlen(buffer); return(c_doscan(fd, format, &args)); }