C/stdio.h/scanf

scanf: read input

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//Header file: #include <stdio.h> //Declaration: int scanf(const char *format, ...); // The scanf() Format Specifiers

//Code Meaning //%a: Read a floating-point value (C99 only) //%A: Same as %a (C99 only) //%c: Read a single character //%d: Read a decimal integer //%i: Read an integer in either decimal, octal, or hexadecimal format //%e: Read a floating-point number //%E: Same as %e //%f: Read a floating-point number //%F: Same as %f (C99 only) //%g: Read a floating-point number //%G: Same as %g //%o: Read an octal number //%s: Read a string //%x: Read a hexadecimal number //%X: Same as %x //%p: Read a pointer //%n: Receive an integer value equal to the number of characters read so far //%u: Read an unsigned decimal integer //%[ ]: Scan for a set of characters //%%: Read a percent sign

 #include <stdio.h>
 int main(void)
 {
   char str[80], str2[80];
   int i;
   scanf("%79s", str); //scanf up to 79 chars into str
   return 0;
 }
          
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scanf: skip the integer between the two strings

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 #include <stdio.h>
 int main(void)
 {
   char str[80], str2[80];
   int i;
   printf("skip the integer between the two strings:");
   scanf("%s%*d%s", str, str2);
   return 0;
 }
          
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