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Subject: Possible scanf bug?
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Date: 29 Jan 91 21:08:46 GMT
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Is this a bug, or am I just using scanf wrong?  I'm trying to
make scanf read a line that's ended with newline.

char buffer[100];	/* Line won't be over 80, but so what */
scanf ("%[^\n]%*c",buffer);

If it reads an empty line, buffer isn't changed at all!  It should
make buffer the null string!  Right?

Steve Boswell
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