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>    (PHP4 &#62;= 4.0.1)</P
>sscanf&nbsp;--&nbsp;Parses input from a string according to a format</DIV
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>mixed <B
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> (string str, string format [, string 
       var1...])</CODE
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>&#13;	 The function <B
CLASS="function"
>sscanf()</B
> is the input analog of
	 <A
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><B
CLASS="function"
>printf()</B
></A
>. <B
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>Sscanf()</B
> reads from
	 the string <TT
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><I
>str</I
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> and interprets it according to
	 the specified <TT
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	 passed to this function, the values parsed will be returned as an array.
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>&#13;// getting the serial number
$serial = sscanf("SN/2350001","SN/%d");
// and the date of manufacturing
$mandate = "January 01 2000";
list($month, $day, $year) = sscanf($mandate,"%s %d %d");
echo "Item $serial was manufactured on: $year-".substr($month,0,3)."-$day\n";
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	 If optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number of
	 assigned values. The optional parameters must be passed by reference.
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>&#13;// get author info and generate DocBook entry
$auth = "24\tLewis Carroll";
$n = sscanf($auth,"%d\t%s %s", &#38;$id, &#38;$first, &#38;$last);
echo "&#60;author id='$id'&#62;
	&#60;firstname&#62;$first&#60;/firstname&#62;
	&#60;surname&#62;$last&#60;/surname&#62;
&#60;/author&#62;\n";
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>&#13;     See also: <A
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>fscanf()</B
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