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<h4 class="subsection">14.2.15 String Input Conversions</h4>
<p>This section describes the <code>scanf</code> input conversions for reading
string and character values: ‘<samp><span class="samp">%s</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">%c</span></samp>’.
<p>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">%c</span></samp>’ conversion is the simplest: it matches a fixed number of
characters, always. The maximum field with says how many characters to
read; if you don't specify the maximum, the default is 1. This
conversion does not skip over initial whitespace characters. It reads
precisely the next <var>n</var> characters, and fails if it cannot get that
many.
<p>The ‘<samp><span class="samp">%s</span></samp>’ conversion matches a string of non-whitespace characters.
It skips and discards initial whitespace, but stops when it encounters
more whitespace after having read something.
<p>For example, reading the input:
<pre class="example"> hello, world
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<p class="noindent">with the conversion ‘<samp><span class="samp">%10c</span></samp>’ produces <code>" hello, wo"</code>, but
reading the same input with the conversion ‘<samp><span class="samp">%10s</span></samp>’ produces
<code>"hello,"</code>.
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