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From: Rob.Doucette@f701.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Doucette)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: sprintf badness
Message-ID: <313.27B80377@egsgate.fidonet.org>
Date: 11 Feb 91 13:52:00 GMT
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>main ()
>{
>  char buf[90];
>  int i,j;
>  double k;
>  sprintf(buf,"%.4d%07.2f%.4d",45,445.34,1234);
>  printf("buf  = %s\n",buf);
>  sscanf(buf,"%4d%7f%4d",&i,&k,&j);
>  printf("i = %d  j = %d  k= %7.2f",i,j,k);
>}
>------------ output of the above program ----------------
>buf  = 00450445.341234
>i = 45  j = 1234  k= 8840025108807417000.00
>--- D'Bridge 1.30/001331
> * Origin: EGSGATE Fidonet<->Usenet Gateway (1:250/98)
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Try changing line 5 to read - float k;
You could instead change line 6 to read
sscanf(buf, "%4.d%07.3lf%.4d", 45, 445.34, 1234);
L8R.
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