scanf design

From	"Bill Cuningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	scanf design
Date	2016-12-11 16:42 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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    I have notice over time, and the last few days I have been thinking 
about this in particular. scanf's design. It wants the value of the address 
a pointer points to. Hum now I notice many functions want a pointer's 
address. But not so many an address pointed at.

    What exactly do the designer's have in mind here when it comes to scanf 
and dealing with pointers. Or am I just seeing something that's not there.

int a;
scant ("%x\n",&a);

Should want a hex value or convert to a hex value. I can't remember scanf 
I've never really looked into greatly.

Bill

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scanf design "Bill Cuningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-12-11 16:42 -0500
  Re: scanf design Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2016-12-11 22:55 +0100
    Re: scanf design "Bill Cuningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-12-11 17:03 -0500
  Re: scanf design Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 22:05 +0000
  Re: scanf design Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-11 14:43 -0800
    Re: scanf design "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-12-12 12:25 -0500
      Re: scanf design Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-12 11:15 -0800
        Re: scanf design Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-12 13:17 -0800
          Re: scanf design Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-12 14:02 -0800
            Re: scanf design Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-12 15:06 -0800
              Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 15:58 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 16:10 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 16:10 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 16:22 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 07:30 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 07:56 -0800
                Re: scanf design fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 08:21 -0800
    Re: scanf design "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-12-12 13:18 -0500
      Re: scanf design Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-12 11:37 -0800

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