NAME

       vfscanf, vscanf, vsscanf - format input of a stdarg argument list

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdarg.h>
       #include <stdio.h>

       int vfscanf(FILE *restrict stream, const char *restrict format,
              va_list arg);
       int vscanf(const char *restrict format, va_list arg);
       int vsscanf(const char *restrict s, const char *restrict format,
              va_list arg);

DESCRIPTION

       The  vscanf(),  vfscanf(),  and  vsscanf()  functions  shall be equivalent to the scanf(),
       fscanf(), and sscanf() functions, respectively, except that instead of being called with a
       variable  number  of  arguments,  they  are called with an argument list as defined in the
       <stdarg.h> header. These functions shall not invoke the va_end macro. As  these  functions
       invoke the va_arg macro, the value of ap after the return is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

       Refer to fscanf() .

ERRORS

       Refer to fscanf() .

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Applications using these functions should call va_end( ap) afterwards to clean up.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       fscanf() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdarg.h>, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by
       the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and  The  Open  Group.  In  the
       event  of  any  discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .