Mega Code Archive
Reading and discarding characters from the input stream
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#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int month1;
int day1;
int year1;
int month2;
int day2;
int year2;
printf( "Enter a date in the form mm-dd-yyyy: " );
scanf( "%d%*c%d%*c%d", &month1, &day1, &year1 );
printf( "month = %d day = %d year = %d\n\n", month1, day1, year1 );
printf( "Enter a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy: " );
scanf( "%d%*c%d%*c%d", &month2, &day2, &year2 );
printf( "month = %d day = %d year = %d\n", month2, day2, year2 );
return 0;
}
Enter a date in the form mm-dd-yyyy: 01-01-2001
month = 1 day = 1 year = 2001
Enter a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy: 01/01/2002
month = 1 day = 1 year = 2002
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