stdio.h functions >> sscanf function in C Programming

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sscanf Function : Stdio.h
Syntax :

int sscanf (const char *buffer, const char *format [, address, ...]);

What it actually does ?

1. Data is read from array Pointed to by buffer rather than stdin.
2. Return Type is Integer
3. Return value is nothing but number of fields that were actually assigned a value

Live Example:

char name[20];
int age,salary;
sscanf("Ram 23 4000 " ," %s %d %d ",name,&age,&salary);  

Explanation of above Example :

• We accept values from user and store them into Respective memory Locations
• But by using sscanf functions instead of accepting data from stdin , we are reading data from the array
• In the above Example "Ram 23 4000" are three values are assigned to name,age and salary

In short :

Variable Name	Value
Name	Ram
age	23
salary	4000

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Tags / Keywords : | sscanf, stdio.h

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