leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) (06/18/88)
This is a SERIOUS newsgroup, but still ... In article <4390@haddock.ISC.COM> karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes: <In article <1793@akgua.ATT.COM> brb@akgua.ATT.COM (Brian R. Bainter) writes: << [lots of stuff about 'annoying, buggy scanf()']... < [Karl explains the correct use of scanf() and that it is perfectly safe...] <If you want to ignore all input up to and including the newline, you can add <"%*[^\n]%*c" to the end of the scanf format. < <Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint That will do to scare him (scanf) off, I think ... 8-) Leo.