Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!guy From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: ugliness in scanf(3) Message-ID: <2182@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 15-May-85 01:58:47 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2182 Posted: Wed May 15 01:58:47 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 23:38:51 EDT References: <10496@brl-tgr.ARPA> <190@mplvax.UUCP> <504@umd5.UUCP> <6411@boring.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 4 Now you know why, the few times I've ever used "scanf", I read the string into a buffer and used "sscanf"... Guy Harris