In defense of scanf() (Re: Re^2: scanf(..))

[Peter da Silva]

In article <3145 at buengc.BU.EDU>, bph at buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
> When filtering tabular data from files, or dealing in a situation where
> a precise syntax is necessary, the `fgets(..); sscanf(..)' doublet just
> adds uncertainty and complexity to a simple problem to which scanf is
> suited ideally.

Eeep and Yoicks yourself. I suspect this is another religious issue, but given
scanf's habit of trashing indeterminate amounts of input and ignoring newlines
if you have anything wrong with your format string, well... precision and
scanf just don't belong in the same sentence.

I tend to stick with strspn() and strtok(), myself.
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