sscanf

Read formatted data from strings.

Syntax

• R = sscanf(str, format)
• R = sscanf(str, format, sizeR)
• [R, count] = sscanf(...)
• [R, count, errmsg] = sscanf(...)
• [R, count, errmsg, nextindex] = sscanf(...)

Input argument

• str - character array or string scalar.
• format - a string describing the format to used function, see fscanf for supported format.
• sizeR - desired dimensions of R.

Output argument

• R - matrix or character vector.
• count - number of elements read into output array.
• errmsg - Error message.
• nextindex - Position after last character scanned.

Description

Read formatted data from strings.

Example

str = "2.7183  3.1416  0.0073";
R = sscanf(str,'%f',[2 2])

See also

fscanf, sprintf.

History

Author

Allan CORNET