Hello everyone, this is my first post as i am just beginning to learn to program using C! my question is how would i go about asking for a phone number using scanf() with the exact format of (xxx)xxx-xxxx and then printing their answer to be in the format of xxx-xxx-xxxx?
Example of my program:
Please enter your phone number as (xxx)xxx-xxxx (exactly as shown, with no spaces): (123)456-7890 (This could be any number)
Your phone number is 123-456-7890
Thanks for the help!
I wouldn't use scanf() at all, personally - but assuming that is what you HAVE to do:
Option 1:
char areacode[4], part1[4], part2[5]
scanf("(%3s)%3s-%4s", areacode, part1, part2);
Option 2:
int areacode, part1, part2;
scanf("(%3d)%3d-%4d", &areacode, &part1, &part2);
Option 3:
char phoneno[15];
scanf("%s", phoneno);
... Verify that you got the correct format, and modify the string to new format.
--
Mats
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this is what i have so far. i want to output to look different then the input. (input being (xxx)xxx-xxxx and output being xxx-xxx-xxxx)
Code:// Asks for the user's phone number then prints it // #include <stdio.h> int main( int argc, char **argv ) { int phoneNumber; printf( "Please enter your phne number as (xxx)xxx-xxxx (exactly as shown, with no spaces): " ); scanf( " %d", &phoneNumber ); printf ( "Your phone number is %d\n", phoneNumber ); return ( 0 ); }
OK i figured it out. thanks for the help matsp!
