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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Implicit decimal points in floating-point reads
Keywords: scanf,floating point,decimal formats
Message-ID: <16222@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 22 May 91 01:08:31 GMT
References: <5366@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <5366@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> brotzman@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>   My question:  is it possible to read data that are formatted with implicit
>decimal points in ANSI standard C without writing my own routine?

No, there is no Fortranish support for that in *scanf() formats.

>   I'd be surprised that such an obviously useful bit of functionality
>that has existed for decades in FORTRAN isn't available in C, ...

What is obvious to ME is that such a format is an accident waiting to strike!

It is also TRIVIAL to multiple a scanned integer by a power of 10 to scale
it thusly.