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scanf
converts formatted input on standard input
Syntax
[v_1, ..., v_n] = scanf(format);
Arguments
- format
a character string: specifies the format conversion.
- v_1, ..., v_n
converted results.
Description
The scanf function gets character data on standard input (%io(1)), interprets it according
to a format, and returns the converted results v_1, ..., v_n.
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
- read — matrices read
- mfscanf — reads input from the stream pointer stream (interface to the C fscanf function)
- scanf_conversion — mscanf, msscanf, mfscanf conversion specifications
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