Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!forty2!poole From: poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: What should [fs]scanf return? Message-ID: <589@forty2.UUCP> Date: 16 Jan 89 14:39:13 GMT References: <588@forty2.UUCP> Reply-To: poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) Organization: Exp. Physics University Zuerich Lines: 20 In article <588@forty2.UUCP> poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) writes: ...... > printf("%d\n",sscanf("123","%d",&dummy)); > printf("%d\n",sscanf("123","%*d",&dummy)); > printf("%d\n",sscanf("123:456","%d:%d",&dummy,&dummy)); > printf("%d\n",sscanf("123:456","%*d:%*d",&dummy,&dummy)); ..... Should naturally be: printf("%d\n",sscanf("123","%d",&dummy)); printf("%d\n",sscanf("123","%*d")); printf("%d\n",sscanf("123:456","%d:%d",&dummy,&dummy)); printf("%d\n",sscanf("123:456","%*d:%*d")); Sorry... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: ...mcvax!cernvax!forty2!poole Simon Poole BITNET: K538915@CZHRZU1A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------