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NAME
scan - scan standard input for possible assignment to variables
SYNOPSIS
scan(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)
TYPES
x_1, x_2, ... any
return integer
DESCRIPTION
When input is from a terminal, execution is halted and input is read
until a newline is entered. Strings of non-whitespace characters
are evaluated in succession and if the corresponding x_i is an lvalue,
the resulting value is assigned to x_i. If the number of strings
read exceeds n, only the first n strings are evaluated. If the number
of strings is less than n, the later x_i are ignored.
EXAMPLE
> global a, b, c, d;
> scan(a, 0, c, d)
> 2+3 b=a^2 3+4i 3+"a"
> print a,b,c,d
5 25 3+4i Error 3
LIMITS
none - XXX - is this correct?
LIBRARY
none - XXX - is this correct?
SEE ALSO
fscan, strscan, fscanf, strscanf, scanf, printf, fprintf