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Article #10410Sun OS 4 scanf problem
From: Glenn P. Davis
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 07:19
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 07:19
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/*
* Hi.
*
* The following program demonstrates a problem with
* the scanf family of functions under SunOS 4.
*
* The problem has been observed on a sun3 and on a sun4 running Sun OS 4.O.1.
* The problem was has been observed with fscanf as well as sscanf.
*
* Thanks.
*
* Glenn P. Davis
* UCAR / Unidata
* PO Box 3000 1685 38th St.
* Boulder, CO 80307-3000 Boulder, CO 80301
*
* (303) 497 8643
*/
char string[] = "00235 01162 18019 85514 05980 24531 70009 14360 26042 50550 28748 26083" ;
main()
{
int cnt ;
float h, t, td, dir, spd ;
printf("Should scan as:\n") ;
printf("cnt: 5; 235.000000 11.000000 62.000000 180.000000 19.000000\n") ;
cnt = sscanf( string,"%*2s%3f %3f%2f %3f%2f",
&h, &t, &td, &dir, &spd) ;
printf("In fact scans as:\n") ;
printf( "cnt: %d; %f %f %f %f %f\n",
cnt, h, t, td, dir, spd) ;
}
/*
* Workaround:
* Change:
cnt = sscanf( string,"%*2s%3f %3f%2f %3f%2f",
&h, &t, &td, &dir, &spd) ;
* To:
cnt = sscanf( string,"%*2s%f %3f%f %3f%f",
&h, &t, &td, &dir, &spd) ;
*/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: davis@handies.ucar.edu (Glenn P. Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Sun OS 4 scanf problem Message-ID: <1238@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 19 Jan 89 07:19:33 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Unidata/UCAR, Boulder Lines: 45 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 14 Jan 89 00:16:27 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 112, message 3 of 14