Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:17:45 -0700 From: wweston AT steer DOT sdsu DOT edu (stewart k) To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Greetings, In djgpp gcc version 1.07, sscanf( "0X0200","%x",&var ) yields 0; while sscanf( "0X0200","0X%x",&var ) works. K & R's second edition indicates that both should work. wweston AT steer DOT sdsu DOT edu