scanf() Function in ANSI C

Hello,

I started programming in ANSI C on Christmas 2002. I was going through a book that I had gotten for Xmas, and the book didn't really explain the scanf() function too well (at least, what I got out of it didn't seem right). I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to 'splain it to me :)

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i dont know if ansi c is the same with c++, but if it is the same well an example would be:
a=b+c;
scanf("%d",&a);

wherein a is the sum of whatever values that b and c holds? the &a points to the value contain within the address of a. scanf accepts data only of decimal type to the address of a.

scanf work similar to printf... first you specify the format string, then the variables that you want to read in to..

ex: scanf("%d %f %c", &anInteger, &aFloat, %aChar)

(i can't remember if there needs to be commas between the &d, &f, and &c)

Cheers,
Dan

I understand now :)

And no, no need for commas :)