Question

How to input (read) formatted date from a string with sscanf() function in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) 
{
    char s [] = "Dan is 42 years old";
    char name [20];
    int age;

    sscanf(s, "%s %*s %d", name, &age);
    printf("%s : %d\n", name, age);

    return(0);
}
 
 
/*
run:
 
Dan : 42
 
*/

 

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Answer 2

#include <stdio.h>
 
int main(int argc, char **argv) 
{
    char dt[] = "Monday 14 December 2015";
    int day, year;
    char weekday[20], month[20];

    sscanf(dt, "%s %d %s %d", weekday, &day, month, &year);
    
    printf("weekday: %s day: %d month: %s year: %d", weekday, day, month, year);
    

    return(0);
}
 
 
/*
run:
 
weekday: Monday day: 14 month: December year: 2015

*/

 

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