Source code of myscanf()

[gyanu]

I want to design a function myscanf(*format,...)which can work as scanf() but without using any library function other than getchar().It should support string datatype also..Pls someone do it for me.plsssssssssss

[dwks]

Unfortunately for you, we don't do homework. http://cboard.cprogramming.com/annou...t.php?f=4&a=39

What we will do is help you once you've made an attempt at a solution. Try the problem. If you're stuck, ask a more specific question.

One hint: you'll need to use va_start(), va_arg(), va_end(), and va_list from <stdarg.h> to code the variable arguments.

[tabstop]

Unfortunately for you, we don't do homework. http://cboard.cprogramming.com/annou...t.php?f=4&a=39

What we will do is help you once you've made an attempt at a solution. Try the problem. If you're stuck, ask a more specific question.

One hint: you'll need to use va_start(), va_arg(), va_end(), and va_list from <stdarg.h> to code the variable arguments.

But ... with no library functions. This is starting to look a bit more complicated!

I wonder what the real assignment is.

[robwhit]

Those are macros.

[zacs7]

I don't see how you're going to pass n amount of arguments to myscanf() without using a va_list.

> I want to design a function myscanf(*format,...)which can work as scanf() but without using any library function other than getchar().It should support string datatype also..Pls someone do it for me.plsssssssssss

You said you want to design it, then you ask someone else to do it for you.

[brewbuck]

I don't see how you're going to pass n amount of arguments to myscanf() without using a va_list.

If you're willing to make some non-portable assumptions (and since when did university instructors care a whit about portability?) it can be done rather simply.

[brewbuck]

You said you want to design it, then you ask someone else to do it for you.

There are various forms of this:

"I have the idea to try to X..."
"While eating biscuits and marmalade I suddenly realized that I could X..."
"I want to do X..."
"Suddenly the idea of X is quite stimulating..."

These are all code words for:

"I have been assigned X and it's due tomorrow."

People don't seem to understand how unbelievably obvious it is when they are requesting homework help. Asking for help on homework is allowed here -- how hard can it be to just follow the rules? Don't lie about whether it's homework, post your current attempts, ask specific questions, and don't expect us to write code for you.

That's four rules. How hard can it be to keep track of four rules?

[whiteflags]

I want to design a function myscanf(*format,...)which can work as scanf() but without using any library function other than getchar().

Your instructor is going to be very unhappy with the result if he insists on such a stupid restriction. You need at least ungetc, so that you have the functionality to put some bytes back into the stream.

If you expect myscanf to work properly you need to understand that scanf does a lexical read, which basically means it keeps reading until:
* there is no more format
* there is no more data
* or the data doesn't match the format

The computer can only discern the last case after it has already read too far into the data. A further explanation is here.

You can still do your homework and get something close to scanf, but be smart and defend your grade.

[Prelude]

Now now children, you all know that a little source code example goes a long way:

int myscanf ( const char *fmt, ... )
{
  va_list args;
  int rv;

  va_start ( args, fmt );
  rv = scan_stream ( stdin, fmt, args );
  va_end ( args );

  return rv;
}

Now all you need to do is write scan_stream, and you're done! It's not too long either, my toy version is only about 600 lines from start to finish[1].

[1] But that's without wide character support or C99 conformance