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| From | Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: sscanf question |
| Date | 2012-12-12 22:14 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kabkld$qau$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <ad54f74d-a4fe-42eb-a8e3-32a0597bd226@googlegroups.com> |
Brian O'Brien wrote:
> I am trying to extract a item description and price from a line of text.
>
> A Cup of Coffee $1.23
>
> n = sscanf(str, "%s%*[\t $]%f", item, &price);
>
> But how can I make "A Cup of Coffee" as a single string? How does sscanf know that I don't want just the "A" of the sentence?
>
How reliable is the "$" token? strstr(s,"$") any help:
char s[] = "A Cup Of Coffee $1.23";
char *p = strstr(s,"$");
if (p!=NULL)
{
p++;
sscanf(...
}
--
Les Cargill
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sscanf question "Brian O'Brien" <bjobrien62@gmail.com> - 2012-12-12 13:29 -0800
Re: sscanf question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-12 21:43 +0000
Re: sscanf question James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-12 16:52 -0500
Re: sscanf question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-12 22:14 -0600
Re: sscanf question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-13 14:03 +0000
Re: sscanf question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-12-13 20:36 +0000
Re: sscanf question Prathamesh Kulkarni <bilbotheelffriend@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 13:40 -0800
Re: sscanf question Fred K <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 14:31 -0800
Re: sscanf question Fred K <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 14:33 -0800
Re: sscanf question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-13 22:51 +0000
Re: sscanf question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-13 15:45 -0800
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-14 00:06 +0000
Re: sscanf question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-14 02:33 +0000
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-14 03:25 +0000
Re: sscanf question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-14 11:50 +0000
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-14 12:19 +0000
Re: sscanf question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-14 13:38 +0000
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-14 20:40 +0000
Re: sscanf question Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-16 03:34 -0800
Re: sscanf question falk@rahul.net (Edward A. Falk) - 2012-12-15 03:28 +0000
Re: sscanf question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-14 22:41 -0600
Re: sscanf question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-15 01:25 -0800
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-15 10:26 +0000
Re: sscanf question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-15 13:24 -0600
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-15 20:15 +0000
Re: sscanf question Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-15 15:33 -0600
[OT] Re: sscanf question Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-15 17:49 -0500
Re: [OT] Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-16 00:16 +0000
Re: sscanf question Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2012-12-14 21:28 -0800
Re: sscanf question glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-15 08:17 +0000
Re: sscanf question Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-13 18:22 -0500
Re: sscanf question "Brian O'Brien" <bjobrien62@gmail.com> - 2012-12-13 21:13 -0800
Re: sscanf question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-14 12:25 +0000
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