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                                    sscanf

   (PHP 4 >= 4.0.1)
   sscanf --  Parses input from a string according to a format

Description

   mixed sscanf ( string str, string format [, string var1])

   The function sscanf() is the input analog of printf(). sscanf() reads
   from the string str and interprets it according to the specified
   format. If only two parameters were passed to this function, the
   values parsed will be returned as an array.

   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.

   Example 1. sscanf() Example
   <?php
   // getting the serial number
   $serial = sscanf("SN/2350001", "SN/%d");
   // and the date of manufacturing
   $mandate = "January 01 2000";
   list($month, $day, $year) = sscanf($mandate, "%s %d %d");
   echo "Item $serial was manufactured on: $year-" . substr($month, 0, 3)
   . "-$day\n";
   ?>
   If optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number
   of assigned values. The optional parameters must be passed by
   reference.

   Example 2. sscanf() - using optional parameters
   <?php
   // get author info and generate DocBook entry
   $auth = "24\tLewis Carroll";
   $n = sscanf($auth, "%d\t%s %s", &$id, &$first, &$last);
   echo "<author id='$id'>
       <firstname>$first</firstname>
       <surname>$last</surname>
   </author>\n";
   ?>

   See also fscanf(), printf(), and sprintf().
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