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From: DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Jon J Thaler)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Implicit decimal points in floating-point reads
Message-ID: <91141.212400DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 22 May 91 05:24:00 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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In article <16222@smoke.brl.mil>, gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) says:
>
> 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!

I agree.  I programmed in FORTRAN for 20 years (before seeing the light...)
and never saw the need for laziness at this level.