Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:42:36 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: how to scan an int from the keyboard
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Baldus wrote:

> how to scan an int from the keyboard, with allegro and the
> "install_keyboard();" routines installed?
> 
> I used to use:
> scanf("%d", x);

You could fetch the keyboard input into a char buffer, zero-terminate it, 
and then use `sscanf' instead of `scanf', with the same format.