sscanf reading null

[agarwalsuchin]

I am reading a line and then using sscanf to split it into individual fields.

But, somehow sscanf is reading the first character as null.

I have four fields in my line separated by tabs. I need to check the presence of these 4 fields and also the 3 tabs separating the fields.

Sample line: + 12345678 23.22 Initial

My format string for sscanf is

sscanf(transstr,"%c%[\t]%ld%[\t]%lf%[\t]%s",&TransType,&tab1,&sectime,&tab,&amount,&tab,Description) != 7
 

Help needed guys!!

[weaknessforcats]

+ 12345678 23.22.

Use scanf().

First: scanf() for the +
Second: scanf() for the integer
Third: scanf() for the 23.22

Verify these all work indivually.

Then merge the three scanf() calls into a single
sscanf().