NAME

       scan_xshort - parse an unsigned short integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation

SYNTAX

       #include <libowfat/scan.h>

       size_t scan_xshort(const char *src,unsigned short *dest);

DESCRIPTION

       scan_xshort  parses an unsigned short integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation from src and writes the
       result into dest. It returns the number of bytes read from src.

       scan_xshort understands both upper and lower case letters.

       scan_xshort does not expect or understand a "0x" prefix.

SEE ALSO

       fmt_xshort(3)

                                                                                                  scan_xshort(3)