sscanf(3) LPC Library Functions sscanf(3) NNAAMMEE sscanf() - match substrings in a string. SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS int sscanf( string str, string fmt, mixed var1, mixed var2 ... ); DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 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 differ- ence 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. SSEEEE AALLSSOO explode(3), replace_string(3), strsrch(3) MudOS 5 Sep 1994 1