--- Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In some cases you might find it easier to use either > g_shell_parse_argv () or g_shell_parse_argv () as alternatives to > scanf() when using glib. Numbers may then be extracted through a > simple atof() or atoi(). This usually gives better control and error > handling than scanf(), imo. > > Note though, that if you are using scanf, this means that you are > parsing a syntax. You'd be better off choosing one of the common meta > syntaxes for expressing your data. E.g. XML, JSON, YAML. (Though the > latter appearantly has no c-binding), or "ini" files through the > GKeyFile parser() in glib. > > Regards, > Dov > > On 9/23/06, Anna <christiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:05:42PM +0100, Yiannis wrote: > > > Hi, a very basic question but I ve been looking in all the api to find the > > > answer.... Are there any equivalent functions in glib for scanf and sscanf and > > > where please? Thx. > > > > I believe the idea with GLib providing replacements for standard libc > > functions is to fix bugs and make them work the same on all supported > > platforms, whenever possible. Presumably, if the originals are bug free > > and already work the same on all platforms then there is no reason to > > create a replacement/wrapper, so there wouldn't be one. Maybe this is > > the case with scanf. > > > > - Anna > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list mailing list > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > Well, apparently there is some early YAML "C" stuff: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML --Sergei. Applications From Scratch: http://appsfromscratch.berlios.de/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
