Quick Question Regarding Scanf() & Phone Numbers!

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.

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Mats

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:

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// 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 );
}

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OK i figured it out. thanks for the help matsp!