scan_short(3)

💖 scan_short — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the scan_short(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and honestly? it's a lil legend. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

scan_short — parses an integer in decimal ASCII representation. literally that's the whole job. she reads a number, she tells you how much she read. iconic behavior 💅

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

#include <libowfat/scan.h>

size_t scan_short(const char *src, short int *dest);

no cap, that's the whole vibe. one include, one function, zero drama ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: scan_short parses a short integer in decimal ASCII representation from src and writes the result into dest.

and then — and this is the part that matters — it returns the number of bytes read from src. so it's like, "here's your number, and also here's how far I walked to get it" 🚶♀️💖

heads up: dest gets written to, so make sure it's actually pointing at a real short int you're allowed to touch. don't be handing her random pointers, that's not the move 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• scan_int(3)
• scan_ushort(3)
• scan_xshort(3)
• scan_8short(3)
• fmt_short(3)

go read them too, they're all serving 💜

and that's the page!! this was the scan_short(3) page, living under the Library Functions Manual umbrella — no date or version info on this one, she's timeless like that 🌈✨ stay parsed, bestie 💅🎀