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scanf

Converts formatted input on standard input

Calling Sequence

[v_1,...v_n]=scanf (format);

Arguments

format

Specifies the format conversion.

Description

The scanf functions get character data on standard input (%io(1)), interpret it according to a format, and returns the converted results.

The format parameter contains conversion specifications used to interpret the input.

The format parameter can contain white-space characters (blanks, tabs, newline, or formfeed) that, except in the following two cases, read the input up to the next nonwhite-space character. Unless there is a match in the control string, trailing white space (including a newline character) is not read.

  • Any character except % (percent sign), which must match the next character of the input stream.

  • A conversion specification that directs the conversion of the next input field. see scanf_conversion for details.

See Also

  • printf — Emulator of C language printf function
  • read — matrices read
  • fscanf — Converts formatted input read on a file
  • sscanf — Converts formatted input given by a string
  • scanf_conversion — scanf, sscanf, fscanf conversion specifications
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