From: Maxximo <mssmsoft AT my-dejanews DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Integer -> String
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:14:16 GMT
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In article <3727260C DOT E5619CFC AT nochance DOT com>,
  Edward_hill <ha AT nochance DOT com> wrote:
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
>    int myint = 100;
>    char buffer[10];
>
>    sscanf(buffer, "%d", &myint);
>
>    return 0;
> }
>
> return values and such like should be checked.
> Ed

It is wrong!
The sscanf() "read" from the string 'buffer' an integer (because you have used
%d) and stores the value into 'myint', like atoi(), not viceversa.

Maxximo

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