NAME
    scanf - formatted scan of characters read from standard input

SYNOPSIS
    scanf(fmt, x_1, x_2, ...)

TYPES
    fmt			string
    x_1, x_2, ...	lvalues

    return	null, nonnegative integer, or error value

DESCRIPTION
    This does the same as fscanf(files(0), fmt, x_1, x_2, ...).
    For details see fscanf.

EXAMPLE
    > global a, b, c
    > scanf("%5c", a)
	1
    > a
	"Alpha"

LIMITS
    none - XXX - is this correct?

LINK LIBRARY
    none - XXX - is this correct?

SEE ALSO
    scan, strscan, fscanf, strscanf, scanf, printf, fprintf

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