Core Function Scanf
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Revision as of 16:31, 22 January 2013
Scanf( <expression>, <def> )
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Description
Parses input from a string according to a format.
Parameters
expression
The string to evaluate.
def
The formation string containing the definition of how to parse the string.
extra ...
Optionally pass in variables by reference that will contain the parsed values.
Return Value
Success: Returns array of all captured objects from the parsed string.
Failure: Returns empty array.
Remarks
None.
Example
my $RET = Scanf("X123 Y456", "X%d Y%d"); printr($RET); my $RET = Scanf("Copyright 2009-2011 CompanyName (Multi-Word Message)", "Copyright %d-%d %s (%[^)]"); printr($RET);
Example #1 sscanf() Example
// getting the serial number list($serial) = Scanf("SN/2350001", "SN/%d"); // and the date of manufacturing $mandate = "January 01 2000"; list($month, $day, $year) = Scanf($mandate, "%s %d %d"); println("Item $serial was manufactured on: $year-" . substr($month, 0, 3) . "-$day");
Example #2 sscanf() - using optional parameters If optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number of assigned values.
// get author info and generate DocBook entry $auth = "24\tLewis Carroll"; $n = Scanf($auth, "%d\t%s %s", $id, $first, $last); print("<author id='$id'> <firstname>$first</firstname> <surname>$last</surname> </author>\n");
