problem with sscanf.

[baumann]

hi all
there has 2 program
1) the first test program code
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char * file = "aaa 23 32 m 2.23 ammasd";
int i2,i3;
float f;
char firststr[23];
char thirdchar;
char laststr[23];
int count;
count;
/*

sscanf(file,"%s",firststr);
printf("%s\n" ,firststr);
sscanf(file,"%i",&i2);
printf("%i\n",i2);
sscanf(file,"%i",&i3);
printf("%i\n",i3);
sscanf(file,"%c", &thirdchar);
printf("%c\n",thirdchar);

*/
count =
sscanf(file,"%s%i%i%c%f%s",firÂ*ststr,&i2,&i3,&thi rdchar,&f,laÂ*ststr);

printf("count:%d, %s %i %i %c %f %s\n", count, firststr, i2,i3,
thirdchar,f,laststr);
return 0;

}
gives me the result

count:4, aaa 23 32 36.759842 å…°



2) test program 2
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include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char * file = "aaa 23 32 m 2.23 ammasd";
int i2,i3;
float f;
char firststr[23];
char thirdchar;
char laststr[23];
int count;
count;
/*sscanf(file,"%s",firststr);
printf("%s\n" ,firststr);
sscanf(file,"%i",&i2);
printf("%i\n",i2);
sscanf(file,"%i",&i3);
printf("%i\n",i3);
sscanf(file,"%c", &thirdchar);
printf("%c\n",thirdchar);*/
count = sscanf(file,"%s %i %i %c %f
%s",firststr,&i2,&i3,&thirdchaÂ*r,&f,laststr);
printf("count:%d, %s %i %i %c %f %s\n", count, firststr, i2,i3,
thirdchar,f,laststr);
return 0
;
}
this give me the right result,

count:6, aaa 23 32 m 2.230000 ammasd
but the only difference between the first example is the space between
the format string,

i.e.
i changed

count =
sscanf(file,"%s%i%i%c%f%s",firststr,&i2,&i3,&third chaÂ*r,&f,laststr);

to
count = sscanf(file,"%s %i %i %c %f
%s",firststr,&i2,&i3,&thirdchaÂ*r,&f,laststr);

last, it works,
why?thanks

baumann@pan

[Walter Roberson]

In article <11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
baumann@pan <ba*********@gmail.com> wrote:

there has 2 program
1) the first test program code
sscanf(file,"%s%i%i%c%f%s",fir=C2=ADststr,&i2,&i3 ,&thirdchar,&f,la=C2=ADsts=
tr);

The %c format does NOT skip leading spaces, and the %i before it
leaves you positioned at the space immediately after the number. Thus
the %c is reading the space and everything after that is off by one
field.

In your second program where you had a space before the %c then that
matched the space after the number and everything was then properly
aligned for the %c to read the 'm'.
--
"Mathematics? I speak it like a native." -- Spike Milligan

[baumann]

Walter Roberson wrote:

In article <11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
baumann@pan <ba*********@gmail.com> wrote:

there has 2 program
1) the first test program code
sscanf(file,"%s%i%i%c%f%s",fir=C2=ADststr,&i2,&i3 ,&thirdchar,&f,la=C2=ADsts=
tr);
The %c format does NOT skip leading spaces, and the %i before it

thanks much, C99 stander has mentioned it?
leaves you positioned at the space immediately after the number. Thus
the %c is reading the space and everything after that is off by one
field.

In your second program where you had a space before the %c then that
matched the space after the number and everything was then properly
aligned for the %c to read the 'm'.
--
"Mathematics? I speak it like a native." -- Spike Milligan

[Keith Thompson]

"baumann@pan" <ba*********@gmail.com> writes:

Walter Roberson wrote:

[...]

The %c format does NOT skip leading spaces [...]

thanks much, C99 stander has mentioned it?

Of course. Both the C90 and C99 standards clearly state this, as do
K&R and H&S. The documentation that came with your implementation
should explain this as well. If it doesn't, you should complain to
the vendor.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.

[baumann]

Keith Thompson wrote:

"baumann@pan" <ba*********@gmail.com> writes:

Walter Roberson wrote: [...]

The %c format does NOT skip leading spaces [...]

thanks much, C99 stander has mentioned it?

Of course. Both the C90 and C99 standards clearly state this, as do
K&R and H&S. The documentation that came with your implementation
should explain this as well. If it doesn't, you should complain to
the vendor.

yes i find it in c99 standard.

but in college, the textbook doest mention it. i think in china few
people

knows the ISO c/c++ standards. mostly we buy a textbook find what need
to know.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.