Basic I/O - Scanf : CSCI 230

Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Science, IUPUI
CSCI 230
Basic I/O scanf()
Dale Roberts, Lecturer

Department of Computer and Information Science
IUPUI
Dale Roberts
Formatting Input with Scanf

scanf
Input formatting Capabilities Input all types of data Input specific characters Skip specific characters Format scanf(format-control-string, other-arguments); Format-control-string: describes formats of inputs %*wlx
[*]: optional conversion only, result is not stored [w]: optional minimum width (wider if necessary). The padding character is blank normally and zero if the field width was specified with a leading zero [l]: long integer [x]: see the table next page Other-arguments Pointers to variables where input will be stored (address of variables) Can include field widths to read a specific number of characters from the stream
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Conversion specifier
Description
Integers
d Read an optionally signed decimal integer. The corresponding argument is a pointer to integer Read an optionally signed decimal, octal, or hexadecimal integer. The corresponding argument is a pointer to integer. Read an octal integer. The corresponding argument is a pointer to unsigned integer. Read an unsigned decimal integer. The corresponding argument is a pointer to unsigned integer. Read a hexadecimal integer. The corresponding argument is a a pointer to unsigned integer. Place before any of the integer conversion specifiers to indicate that a short or long integer is to be input.
i
o u x or X h or l
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Floating-point Number
e,E,f,g, G I or L Read a floating point value. The corresponding argument is a pointer to a floating point variable. Place before any of the floating point conversion specifiers to indicate that a double or long double value is to be input Read a character. The corresponding argument is a pointer to char no null (\0) is added Read a string. The corresponding argument is a pointer to an array of type char that is large enough to hold the string and a terminating null (\0) character which is automatically added.
Characters and strings

c s
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Scan set
[scan char
Scan a string for a set of characters that are stored in an array.
Miscellaneous
p n
Read an address of the same form produced when an address is output with %p in a printf statement % Store the number of characters input so far in this scanf. The corresponding argument is a pointer to integer Skip a percent sign (%) in the input
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Formatting Input with Scanf

Scan sets
Set of characters enclosed in square brackets []
Preceded by % sign
Scans input stream, looking only for characters in scan set

Whenever a match occurs, stores character in specified array Stops scanning once a character not in the scan set is found
Inverted scan sets

Use a caret ^: [^aeiou] Causes characters not in the scan set to be stored
Skipping characters
Include character to skip in format control Or, use * (assignment suppression character)
Skips any type of character without storing it
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Example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 /* Fig 9.20: fig09_20.c */ /* Reading characters and strings */ #include <stdio.h>
int main() { char x, y[ 9 ];
/* initialize variables */ /* input */ /* print */
printf( "Enter a string: " ); scanf( "%c%s", &x, y );
printf( "The input was:\n" ); printf( "the character \"%c\" ", x ); printf( "and the string \"%s\"\n", y ); return 0; }
Program Output:
Enter a string: Sunday The input was: the character "S" and the string "unday"
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Example: int i, float x; char name[50]; scanf(%d %f %s, &i, &x, name); With input: 2554.32E-1Thompson Example:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 /* Fig 9.22: fig09_22.c */ /* Using an inverted scan set */ #include <stdio.h> int main() { char z[ 9 ] = { '\0' };
25 i 5.432 x Thompson name
/* initialize variables */ /* input */ /* print */
printf( "Enter a string: " ); scanf( "%[^aeiou]", z ); printf( "The input was \"%s\"\n", z ); return 0; }
Program Output:
Enter a string: String The input was "Str"
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Example:
1 /* Fig 9.24: fig09_24.c */ 2 /* Reading and discarding characters from the input 3 #include <stdio.h> stream */ 4 5 int main() 6 { 7 int month1, day1, year1, month2, day2, year2; 8 9 printf( "Enter a date in the form mm-dd-yyyy: " ); 10 scanf( "%d%*c%d%*c%d", &month1, &day1, &year1 ); 11 printf( "month = %d day = %d year = %d\n\n", 12 month1, day1, year1 ); 13 printf( "Enter a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy: " ); 14 scanf( "%d%*c%d%*c%d", &month2, &day2, &year2 ); 15 printf( "month = %d day = %d year = %d\n", 16 month2, day2, year2 ); 17 18 return 0;
19 }
Program Output:
Enter a date in the form mm-dd-yyyy: 11-18-2000 month = 11 day = 18 year = 2000 Enter a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy: 11/18/2000 month = 11 day = 18 year = 2000
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Other Input / Output

puts(line)
Example:
Print a string to standard output and append a newline

puts(12345);
putchar(c)
Print a character to standard output

putchar(A);
char buf[128];
Example:
gets(line)
Read a string from standard input (until a newline is entered)
Example:
gets(buf); /* space is OK, and the \n wont be read in */ Newline will be replaced by \0
getchar()
Example:
Get a character from standard input

int c;
c = getchar();
/* c must be int */
In-memory Format Conversion

sprintf(string, control, variables); sscanf(string, control, address-of-variables); Example: sprintf(buf, project%03d%02d.dat,year,month); Sscanf(buf, project%03d%02d,&year,&month);
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Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Science, IUPUI

Basic I/O scanf()

Dale Roberts, Lecturer

Formatting Input with Scanf

Characters and strings

Scan a string for a set of characters that are stored in an array.

Formatting Input with Scanf

Scans input stream, looking only for characters in scan set

Inverted scan sets

int main() { char x, y[ 9 ];

/* initialize variables */ /* input */ /* print */

printf( "Enter a string: " ); scanf( "%c%s", &x, y );

25 i 5.432 x Thompson name

/* initialize variables */ /* input */ /* print */

Enter a string: String The input was "Str"

Other Input / Output

Print a string to standard output and append a newline

Print a character to standard output

Read a string from standard input (until a newline is entered)

Get a character from standard input

In-memory Format Conversion

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