Re: [Mingw-users] scanf/gets double-use problem

[Alain <mi...@as...>]

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From/De [Keith MARSHALL]
On/Le [2006/07/17 14:53]
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Felix VII queried the use of scanf and wrote:

>> I'm not sure if that was because I'm not getting the point...

Keith replied:
> I think that you are seriously missing the point :-)

Not very helpful methinks <g>.

To Felix:
scanf 'scans' a string or stream for input (btw it is a bad idea to use 
scanf, prefer to read a string somehow, then use sscanf) and does 
something with is based on the format string and pointers to variables 
that you supplied. No variant of scanf produces any output to stdout.

If you want to see the result of a scanf function, you must explicitly 
output some of the results.

n = sscanf(...);

Read the manual on scanf for full explanations ('info scanf' may be 
available on your system, if not dig up the same stuff on the internet 
or other documentation as may be available to you).

Regards,
Alain.