sscanf

Converts formatted input given by a string

Calling Sequence

[v_1,...v_n]=sscanf (string,format)

Arguments

:format Specifies the format conversion. : :string Specifies input to be read. :

Description

This function is obsolete, use preferably the msscanf function which is more efficient and is more compatible with the C sscanf procedure.

The sscanf functions interpret character string according to a format, and returns the converted results.

The format parameter contains conversion specifications used to interpret the input.

The format parameter can contain white-space characters (blanks, tabs, newline, or formfeed) that, except in the following two cases, read the input up to the next nonwhite-space character. Unless there is a match in the control string, trailing white space (including a newline character) is not read.

• Any character except % (percent sign), which must match the next character of the input stream.
• A conversion specification that directs the conversion of the next input field. see scanf_conversion for details.

See Also

• mprintf converts, formats, and writes data to the main scilab window
• msscanf
• mfscanf reads input from the stream pointer stream (interface to the C fscanf function)
• scanf_conversion scanf, sscanf, fscanf conversion specifications