sscanf Parses input from a string according to a format &reftitle.description; mixedsscanf stringstr stringformat mixed... The function sscanf is the input analog of printf. sscanf reads from the string str and interprets it according to the specified format, which is described in the documentation for sprintf. Any whitespace in the format string matches any whitespace in the input string. This means that even a tab \t in the format string can match a single space character in the input string. &reftitle.parameters; str The input string being parsed. format The interpreted format for str, which is described in the documentation for sprintf. ... Optionally pass in variables by reference that will contain the parsed values. &reftitle.returnvalues; If only two parameters were passed to this function, the values parsed will be returned as an array. Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number of assigned values. The optional parameters must be passed by reference. &reftitle.examples; ]]> If optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number of assigned values. $first $last \n"; ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso; fscanf printf sprintf