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LETTERfscanfULETTER Reads formatted input.

Overview
#include <stdio.h>

r = fscanf(f,format, ...);

int r;
FILE *f;
const char *format;

Portability
ANSI

Description
This function reads formatted input from the file "f". The input format string restricts the accepted input. It is followed by the pointers to the input variables.

Returns
The number of converted values. If the input did not equal the format string this number is smaller than the number of input variables specified.