Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter

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F Russell <fr@random.info> writes:
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:43:27 -0800, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>> It does.
>> int a,b;
>> scanf(%d, %d\n", &x, &b);
>> 
>> will read two comma-delimited values into a and b.
>> 
>
> That won't work for strings:
>
> fscanf(fd, "%s,%s\n", string1, string2);

That won't work for strings either.  If the input is "foo bar,baz",
it will fail; the first "%s" will match "foo" and it will then fail
looking for a comma.

(I'm taking a risk by posting this without trying it.)

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Scanf and Comma Delimiter F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-01-21 20:34 +0000
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-01-21 21:40 +0100
    Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-01-21 13:04 -0800
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-21 21:34 +0000
    Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2020-01-22 13:37 +0300
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-01-22 11:46 +0000
        Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2020-01-22 15:25 +0300
        Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-22 14:02 +0000
          Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-01-22 20:13 +0000
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-22 15:00 +0000
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2020-01-29 11:10 -0500
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-01-21 20:51 +0000
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-01-21 21:31 +0000
    Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-22 00:03 -0500
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-01-21 13:43 -0800
    Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter F Russell <fr@random.info> - 2020-01-21 22:32 +0000
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-01-21 23:20 +0000
      Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-01-21 23:15 -0800
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-22 00:30 -0500
  Re: Scanf and Comma Delimiter Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2020-01-22 11:45 -0800

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