Re: sscanf

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:

> 
> Can anyone explain why, given the input string
> 
> 1 M     HE    2.140
> 
> [row, cnt, err] = sscanf( "%4d %1s %4s %8.3f", str )
> row
> 
> fails with "error: sscanf: invalid format specified"
> 
> whereas
> 
> [row, cnt, err] = sscanf( "%d %s %s %f", str )
> row
> 
> prints
> 
> row =
> 
>    1.0000
>   77.0000
>   72.0000
>   69.0000
>    2.1400
> ...
> 
> (and yes, I know what 77, 72, and 69 are, that's not the question)
> 
> TIA

The problem appears to be with the float.

[row, cnt, err] = sscanf (str, "%4d %1s %4s %8f")
row =

    1.0000
   77.0000
   72.0000
   69.0000
    2.1400

cnt =  4
err = 

Ben