C++ Programming/Code/Standard C Library/Functions/vscanf, vfscanf, and vsscanf

vscanf, vfscanf, and vsscanf

Syntax

#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstdio>
int vscanf( const char *format, va_list arg_ptr );
int vfscanf( FILE *stream, const char *format, va_list arg_ptr );
int vsscanf( const char *buffer, const char *format, va_list arg_ptr );

Note:
These functions are not supported on all libraries.

These functions are very much like scanf(), fscanf(), and sscanf(). The difference is that the argument list is a pointer to a list of arguments. va_list is defined in cstdarg, and is also used by (Other Standard C Functions) va_arg().

For example:

void error( char *fmt, ... ) {
  va_list args;
  va_start( args, fmt );
  fprintf( stderr, "Error: " );
  vfprintf( stderr, fmt, args );
  fprintf( stderr, "\n" );
  va_end( args );
  exit( 1 );
}