sscanf

Formatted input from a string.

int sscanf (char * string, char * format [, argument]...);

Required Header
<stdio.h>

Return Value

This function returns the number of fields processed.

Parameters

string

  A pointer to the input string

format

  Format control string

argument

  Optional argument pointers to accept the results

Remarks

The sscanf function reads string based on the format string and converts the input into the data types described by the format string. See scanf for more information on the format string and accepted arguments.

Stream I/O Routines

See Also    fscanf, printf, sprintf, scanf