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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: scanf doesn't work for variables of type double
Message-ID: <1168@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 89 00:34:14 GMT
References: <12988@uhnix1.uh.edu>
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In article <12988@uhnix1.uh.edu>, jsmng@csune.cs.uh.edu writes:
> Does anyone have any experience with this? According to K&R, %f for
> double should be allowed in scanf.

This is not true.  %f is allowed for doubles in printf since float
parameters are automatically converted to doubles, but for scanf() you
must use %lf for doubles.  See K&R1 pg 149, K&R2 pg 158,  
or RTFM scanf(2) man page.


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