VFSCANF(3)

NAME
4.69 `vfscanf', `vscanf', `vsscanf'--format argument list

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <stdarg.h>
     int vscanf(const char *FMT, va_list LIST);
     int vfscanf(FILE *FP, const char *FMT, va_list LIST);
     int vsscanf(const char *STR, const char *FMT, va_list LIST);
     int _vscanf_r(struct _reent *REENT, const char *FMT,
         va_list LIST);
     int _vfscanf_r(struct _reent *REENT, FILE *FP, const char *FMT,
         va_list LIST);
     int _vsscanf_r(struct _reent *REENT, const char *STR,
         const char *FMT, va_list LIST);

DESCRIPTION
`vscanf', `vfscanf', and `vsscanf' are (respectively) variants of `scanf', `fscanf', and `sscanf'. They differ only in allowing their caller to pass the variable argument list as a `va_list' object (initialized by `va_start') rather than directly accepting a variable number of arguments.

RETURNS
The return values are consistent with the corresponding functions: `vscanf' returns the number of input fields successfully scanned, converted, and stored; the return value does not include scanned fields which were not stored.
   If `vscanf' attempts to read at end-of-file, the return value is `EOF'.
   If no fields were stored, the return value is `0'.
   The routines `_vscanf_r', `_vfscanf_f', and `_vsscanf_r' are reentrant versions which take an additional first parameter which points to the reentrancy structure.

PORTABILITY
These are GNU extensions.
   Supporting OS subroutines required:

SEE ALSO
vfscanf is part of the library. The full documentation for is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If info and are properly installed at your site, the command

    info

will give you access to the complete manual.