Thread: how to take integer from a string

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Code:

sscanf(string," %s:%d",str,&num);

This is also a wrong solution and will never work.
A working solution is

Code:

if( 1==sscanf("rows: 3","%*[^:]:%d",&intvar) )
{
  /* have fun */
}
else
{
  /* bad input */
}