Scanf and Comma Delimiter

From	F Russell <fr@random.info>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Scanf and Comma Delimiter
Date	2020-01-21 20:34 +0000
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I've always wondered why the scanf() function cannot accept
a comma as a delimiter.  Reading CSV files would be so much
easier without having to write or use a special parser.

Is there some reason why a comma delimiter is not accepted
by scanf()?

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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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