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Asked: May 22, 20262026-05-22T01:30:47+00:00 2026-05-22T01:30:47+00:00

I am using sscanf in a simple little project. However, I can’t see any

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I am using sscanf in a simple little project. However, I can’t see any obvious way to find where in the input string that sscanf decided it found all of its data and stopped processing.

Is there a way to do this?

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    2026-05-22T01:30:47+00:00Added an answer on May 22, 2026 at 1:30 am

    I think %n is what you are looking for.

    Example:

    sscanf("123", "%d%n", &i, &count);
    

    This will store 3 in `count’.

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