Function scanf()
The function scanf() is used to read formatted input from stdin in C language. It returns the whole number of characters written in it otherwise, returns a negative value.
Here is the syntax of scanf() in C language,
int scanf(const char *characters_set)
Here is an example of scanf() in C language,
Example
#include <stdio.h> int main () { char s[20]; printf("Enter a string : "); scanf("%s", s); printf("\nEntered string : %s\n", s); return(0); }
Output
Enter a string : Peter! Entered string : Peter!
Function fscanf()
The function fscanf() is used to read the formatted input from the given stream in C language. It returns zero, if unsuccessful. Otherwise, it returns The input string, if successful.
Here is the syntax of fscanf() in C language,
int fscanf(FILE *stream_name, const char *set_of_characters)
Here is an example of fscanf() in C language,
Example
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main () { char str1[10]; int year; FILE * fp; fp = fopen ("file.txt", "w+"); fputs("This is demo text!", fp); rewind(fp); fscanf(fp, "%s", str1); printf("First word = \n%s\n", str1 ); fclose(fp); return(0); }
Output
First word = This