From: Stephen Wille Padnos <spadnos@sover.net>
To: Kay Sievers <lkml001@vrfy.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why does sscanf() does not interpret number length attributes?
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:00:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F036410.9000800@sover.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030702203433.GA14854@vrfy.org>
Kay Sievers wrote:
[snip]
>but sscanf in linux-2.5/lib/vsprintf.c interpretes length attributes
>only when the type is a string. It uses simple_strtoul() and it will
>read the buffer until it finds a non-(hex)digit.
>
>
[snip]
You could always try truncating the string, then using strtoul(). Save
the character you replace if you want to restore the string to its
former glory :)
eg.:
...
savechar = str[3];
str[3]=0;
i = simple_strtoul(str);
str[3]=savechar;
...
- Steve
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-02 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-02 20:34 why does sscanf() does not interpret number length attributes? Kay Sievers
2003-07-02 20:55 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-02 22:26 ` Kay Sievers
2003-07-02 23:00 ` Stephen Wille Padnos [this message]
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