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From: huang@husc8.harvard.edu (Howard Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Neophyte seeks scanf() help
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Date: 12 Mar 91 01:17:14 GMT
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In-reply-to: dsebbo@dahlia.uwaterloo.ca's message of 9 Mar 91 04:37:25 GMT


   >float get_tax(void)
   >{
   >         float tax;
   >	
   >	  printf("Enter the tax: ");
   >	  scanf("%f", &tax);
   >	  printf("The tax is %.4f\n", tax);
   >	
   >	  return tax;
   >}
   >
   >Running it produces the following:
   >Enter the tax: 0.01
   >The tax is 0.1000

   That looks like a bug in your compiler...

Some earlier versions of Symantec's THINK C have this funny scanf
bug.  I'm sure you could call Symantec and ask them how to fix the
bug, or maybe you can find something on one of the Mac ftp sites
(sumex.stanford.edu).

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