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.TH scanf 1 "May 1994" "Scilab Group" "Scilab Function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
scanf - Converts formatted input on standard input
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
[v_1,...v_n]=scanf (format);
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 7
format
:Specifies the format conversion.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The scanf functions get character data on standard input (%io(1)), interpret it according
to a format, and returns the converted results.
.LP
The format parameter contains conversion specifications
used to interpret the input.
.PP
The format parameter can contain
white-space characters (blanks, tabs, newline, or formfeed)
that, except in the following two cases, read the input up to the
next nonwhite-space character. Unless there is a match in the control
string, trailing white space (including a newline character) is not
read.
.TP 4
-
Any character except % (percent sign), which must match the next character
of the input stream.
.TP
-
A conversion specification that directs the conversion of the
next input field. see \fVscanf_conversion\fR for details.
.SH SEE ALSO
printf, read, fscanf, sscanf
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