Need help inputting Float #'s

[Steve V. Hodsdon]

In article <hart.648221206 at blackjack> hart at blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) writes:
#
#Yes, this is probably a stupid, obvious (RTFM) 
#question to all you C geniuses, but, I have
#RTFM and the FM is not very explicit.  What
#a surprise.
#
#I am trying to input a floating point number into
#my prog, in the format nnnnnn.mm .  Using the following
#code, I see that it is reading the correct number 
#of chars, but apparantly either is not storing them
#the way I want, or just not printing them out.
#
#Please respond via E-mail; that way I won't get too
#many flames for this question.

Tried to, can't get there from here :-)

#thanx
#
#code follows:
#=======================================
#[...>
#        sscanf(buffer,"%f%n",&number,&c1);
                        ^^
                           -> should be %lf

#[...]>
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This is a mistake that I make all the time, also. Someday...

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