Thread: sscanf

Hi,

Here is my input from a file:

------------------------------------
Other Names=Andrew
-----------------------------------

i want to divide the string into 2 parts"

header = "Other Names"
content= "Andrew"

Here is my code:

<code>
while ((fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) != NULL)
{
sscanf(line,"%s=%s\n", header, content);
printf("%s\n", header);
}
</code>


However, the output is:

header = "Other"
content = some rubbish


What could be the problem?
Thanks

Hello cheryl_li

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
 char *line="Other Names=Andrew", header[20], content[20];

 sscanf(line,"%11c=%s\n", header, content);

 header[11]='\0';

 printf("HEADER : %s\nCONTENT: %s\n\nEnd of Program!", header, content);

return 0;
}

In your code, the first string was copied into "header" up to the space following "Other".

The above code appears to work because the first conversion made by sscanf reads 11 characters into "header".

Does this help you?

Cheers MrB

Yeah
got it, thanks man! Both of you