Re: format specifier %[blah] for fscanf

[Andreas Schwab]

Matt R <address@hidden> writes:

|> I have been fighting with using the above format modifier, without
|> any success (using glibc2-12 on redhat 7, with GCC 2.96-85)...
|> (crappy unsafe code as an example)
|> 
|> #include <stdio.h>
|> 
|> main() {
|>     FILE *jock;
|>     char jk[26];
|>     jock = fopen("craper", "r");
|>     fscanf(jock, "%25s", jk);
|>     printf("%s\n", jk);
|>     fscanf(jock, "%25[a-z]", jk);
|>     printf("%s\n", jk);
|>     fclose(jock);
|> }
|> 
|> The first fscanf works fine, but the second does not return anything 
sensible.
|> Is the %[blah] modifier supposed to work?  The code compiles but does not 
|> behave as expected.  

You didn't tell us neither the contents of the file, nor the expected nor
the actual output ("not anything sensible" does not qualify), but be aware
that %[ does not skip initial whitespace.

Andreas.

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