SCANF(3POSIX)

🌸 SCANF(3POSIX) 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖 this one is a certified classic, it's giving "short but mighty", and we're gonna go through it together. no skimming, no skipping, we're doing this properly.

✨ PROLOG ✨

bestie, real talk first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. that means it's the spec, not necessarily what your machine does. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the details of Linux behavior. and honestly? the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. vibe check accordingly. 🫶

👑 NAME 👑

scanf — convert formatted input

like, it reads stuff and turns it into formatted values. that's the whole gig. iconic behavior, honestly.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <stdio.h>

int scanf(const char *restrict format, ...);

yes bestie, it's variadic, it takes ..., it's mysterious like that 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the thing: this page is just gonna point you elsewhere. Refer to fscanf(). that's it. that's the whole description. go read fscanf() and everything will make sense, i promise. no cap. 🧚

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

okay this part is the legal bit, so i'm keeping it exactly as written — no remixing the lawyers' words, that's the one thing we don't freestyle:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

important, bestie: if this page and the official IEEE / The Open Group Standard ever disagree, the original Standard wins. it's the referee. periodt. ⭐

and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this one came to you courtesy of IEEE/The Open Group, 2017, filed under SCANF(3POSIX) — short, sweet, and legally airtight. slay 🌈💖