Can fscanf() read whitespace?

Question

I\'ve already got some code to read a text file using fscanf(), and now I need it modified so that fields that were previously whitespace-free need to allow whi

Answer 1

If you cannot use fgets() use the %[ conversion specifier (with the "exclude option"):

char buf[100];
fscanf(stdin, "%*s %99[^\n]", buf);
printf("value read: [%s]\n", buf);

But fgets() is way better.

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Edit: version with fgets() + sscanf()

char buf[100], title[100];
fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); /* expect string like "title: TITLE WITH SPACES" */
sscanf(buf, "%*s %99[^\n]", title);