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12.14 Formatted Input

The functions described in this section (scanf and related functions) provide facilities for formatted input analogous to the formatted output facilities. These functions provide a mechanism for reading arbitrary values under the control of a format string or template string.

• Formatted Input Basics
• Input Conversion Syntax
• Table of Input Conversions
• Numeric Input Conversions
• String Input Conversions
• Dynamically Allocating String Conversions
• Other Input Conversions
• Formatted Input Functions
• Variable Arguments Input Functions