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wscanf, fwscanf, swscanf

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< c | io
Defined in header <wchar.h>
int wscanf( const wchar_t* format, ... );
(1) (since C99)
int fwscanf( FILE *stream, const wchar_t* format, ... );
(2) (since C99)
int swscanf( const wchar_t* buffer, const wchar_t* format, ... );
(3) (since C99)

Reads data from the a variety of sources, interprets it according to format and stores the results into given locations.

1) Reads the data from stdin.
2) Reads the data from file stream stream.
3) Reads the data from null-terminated wide string buffer.

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[edit] Parameters

stream - input file stream to read from
buffer - pointer to a null-terminated wide string to read from
format - pointer to a null-terminated wide string specifying how to read the input.


... - receiving arguments

[edit] Return value

Number of arguments successfully read, or EOF if failure occurs before the first receiving argument was assigned.

[edit] Example

[edit] See also

reads formatted wide character input from stdin, a file stream
or a buffer using variable argument list
(function) [edit]
C++ documentation for wscanf, fwscanf, swscanf