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Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 15:54:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
Subject: OT: skip remainder of input line following `#' ?
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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-: Warning: fflush() doesn't flush input streams, nor should it.
-:          Perhaps you want scanf("%*[^\n]\n") instead ?

The recent exchange regarding fflush(stdin) got me wondering if there
is an equally clever way (i.e., using the scanf format specifications)
to skip the remainder of an input record if a # symbol is encountered
(e.g., so that comments could be appended to the end of fixed (except
for white space) format data records).

TIA,
jeff