Probably an easy or dumb question
Jeff Aguilera
jeffa at hpmwtd.HP.COM
Fri Aug 11 08:59:58 AEST 1989
> Hello frenz, is it workable to pass only the base address of an array
> to "?scanf" and have it convert into successive memory locations?
>
> int d[4];
>
> scanf("%d %d %d %d", d);
>
No. Use
scanf("%d %d %d %d", d, d+1, d+2, d+3);
For each valid conversion specification other than %%, at least one pointer
is consumed from the stack. You pass one pointer, but ask for four
conversions. Expect a hung system or dumped core, depending upon available
memory protection.
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