Need help with reading numbers from the command line

Hi guys,

I'm not sure how to word the question so I'll just show an example,

Example:
main 25/3

Now, here's what I want to do. I want to take the three numbers and use them in a switch statement. Here are some codes I've tried,

Code:

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sscanf(argv[1], "%d%d/%d", &i, &j, &k);

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This code didn't work correctly because when I tried to output the values, I got first number,25, and two garbage numbers.

Code:

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sscanf(argv[1], "%d/%d", &i, &j);

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This code works, but not in the way I want it to. It gives me 25 and 3.


Is there a way to separate the 2 and 5 so I can use them individually?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

How is scanf supposed to know that you want 2 and 5 instead of 25? Unfortunately (really!), computers aren't that bright, so you have to work around things like this. For example, read the first number as a string:

Code:

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sscanf(argv[1], "%[^/]/%d", a, &j);

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But that introduces other problems, like how many digits are you expecting for the first number? Do you treat each digit as unique, or is some clairvoyance required? If it's the latter then you need to redesign.

I have a suggestion! Make your parameters less complicated. sscanf() is not the problem. If you want three numbers to use, you can make main have three parameters:

Code:

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prog 2 5 3

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instead of some fraction you don't even use, which obscures how seemingly normal data is handled.

Loop through the argument looking at each character.
If a digit, convert to a number and save.

I would go with Prelude's solution.

Read what ever the input is as char array and then decode it to numbers and special char.

the solution holds good if

1. you are looking at only single digits.
2. you know the size of the input.

else go with the other option as space separated digits or numbers.


if you could give the context in which you are using.. you might get better solution from the forum. :-)

happy hacking..!!