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NAME
strscan - scan a string for possible assignment to variables
SYNOPSIS
strscan(str, x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)
TYPES
str string
x_1, x_2, ... any
return integer
DESCRIPTION
Successive fields of str separated by white space are read and
evaluated so long as values remain in the x_i arguments; when the
x_i corresponding to the field is an lvalue the value obtained for the
i-th field is assigned to x_i.
The function returns the number of fields evaluated.
EXAMPLE
global a,b
; strscan(" 2+3 a^2 print(b)", a, b, 0);
25
3
; print a,b
5 25
LIMITS
none - XXX - is this correct?
LINK LIBRARY
none - XXX - is this correct?
SEE ALSO
scan, fscan, fscanf, strscanf, scanf, printf, fprintf
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