From: dbe@wgn.net ($Bill Luebkert) Subject: Re: scanf "%n" format specifier is not supported 23 Jun 1998 03:34:46 -0700 Message-ID: <358F0208.CB0AC36F.cygnus.gnu-win32@wgn.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "gnu-win32@cygnus.com" Alexander Chernov wrote: > > Hello, > > This looks like a missing feature: "%n" format specifier in sscanf > is not supported. For example, the following piece of code > left variable n value as 0 instead of 2. According to my textbooks > ANSI C specifies %n specifier. > > #include > #include > > int > main() > { > int v = 0, n = 0, r = 0; > > r = sscanf("32", "%d %n", &v, &n); > printf("v = %d\nn = %d\nr = %d\n", v, n, d); > return 0; > } I would assume this is normal behavior since the %d sucked up the entire "32" and left nothing for the %n. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles / ) /--< o // // http://www.wgn.net/~dbe/ -/-' /___/_<_