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Re: scanf()

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On 08/06/2012 04:58 PM, Edward Rutherford wrote:
> Hello
> 
> If scanf() fails for a matching error, what can we say about the location 
> of the file pointer for subsequent reads from stdin? Could it have read 
> on through an indeterminate amount of stdin, or will it always be 
> positioned immediately after the last successful conversion from the 
> format string?
> 
> Regards
> 

"An input item is defined as the longest sequence of input characters
which does not exceed any specified field width and which is, or is a
prefix of, a matching input sequence.285) The first character, if any,
after the input item remains unread." (7.21.6.2p9).

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scanf() Edward Rutherford <edward.p.rutherford79@REMOVETHIS.gmail.com> - 2012-08-06 20:58 +0000
  Re: scanf() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-06 17:29 -0400
    Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-06 14:40 -0700
  Re: scanf() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-06 17:39 -0400
  Re: scanf() Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-08-06 22:49 +0100
    Re: scanf() Edward Rutherford <edward.p.rutherford79@REMOVETHIS.gmail.com> - 2012-08-07 18:37 +0000
      Re: scanf() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-07 15:01 -0400
      Re: scanf() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-07 15:03 -0400
      Re: scanf() Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-08-07 20:51 +0100
      Re: scanf() John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2012-08-09 14:00 -0700
        Re: scanf() Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-11 03:08 -0700
          Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-11 10:40 -0700
            Re: scanf() Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-11 13:34 -0700
              Re: scanf() "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-08-11 23:04 +0100
              Re: scanf() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-11 19:20 -0400
              Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-11 17:30 -0700
                Re: scanf() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-11 20:41 -0400
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-11 18:13 -0700
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-11 18:16 -0700
                Re: scanf() Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-11 21:32 -0400
                Re: scanf() Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-12 04:07 -0700
                Re: scanf() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-12 08:03 -0400
                Re: scanf() Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-12 06:41 -0700
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-12 13:39 -0700
                Re: scanf() Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-08-12 14:20 -0700
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-12 16:33 -0700
                Re: scanf() "Heinrich Wolf" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-13 12:22 +0200
                Re: scanf() Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 00:13 +0300
                Re: scanf() Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-07 14:18 -0700
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-07 15:02 -0700
                Re: scanf() Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-09-07 17:25 -0700
                Re: scanf() Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-09-07 18:35 -0700
              Re: scanf() Seungbeom Kim <musiphil@bawi.org> - 2012-08-12 21:05 -0700
        Re: scanf() Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-11 17:37 -0500

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