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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: fscanf question
Message-ID: <1989Dec28.053300.6828@virtech.uucp>
Date: 28 Dec 89 05:33:00 GMT
References: <6983@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <6983@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
> 	fscanf(stream,"%-30s %-30s",instr1,instr2);
		        ^     ^ these are the problem.

(F)scanf does not understand the left hand justification indicator (-).  
Delete the dashes and it will work as you want it to.

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