sscanf(3)

NAME
sscanf() - match substrings in a string.

SYNOPSIS
int sscanf(string str, string fmt, mixed var1, mixed var2 ...)

DESCRIPTION
Parse a string `str' using the format `fmt'. `fmt' can contain strings separated by "%d" and "%s". Every "%d" and "%s" corresponds to one of `var1', `var2'... "%d" will give a number, and "%s" will give a string. The * may be used in a format specifier (e.g. %*d and %*s) to allow integers or strings (respectively) to be skipped over in the input string (without being assigned to a variable). The LPC sscanf() is similar to its C counterpart however it does behave somewhat differently. It is not necessary (or possible) to pass the address of variables into sscanf (simply pass the name of the variable). Another difference is that in the LPC sscanf(), sscanf(str, "%s %s", str1, str2) will parse the first word in str into str1 and the remainder of str into str2.

The number of matched "%d" and "%s" is returned.

SEE ALSO
extract(3), explode(3), replace_string(3).