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From: phil@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Phil Sohn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MPW scanf bug
Keywords: scanf("%f") find an I or a N
Message-ID: <2878@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 1 Aug 88 17:10:41 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
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	If you are looking for a float in MPW C 2.0.2 and the
next character in the stream is either an 'i' or a 'n' scanf will
fail, but not put the 'i' or 'n' back on the stream.  I assume
this is because scanf("%f") counts "inf" as infinity and "NaN" as
Not a Number.  However, when it fails, it should still put the
character back into the stream.

	Does Apple have some sort of fix for this?  I guess I have
to write me own scanf.


				phil@ems.media.mit.edu