[cimon]

Hi

can some exaplin me wat WHAT and HOW this sacanf function is working

sscanf(NAME(img), "%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%d.%[^_]",
userid, head, expression, eyes, &scale, photo);

its used here

load_target(img, net)
IMAGE *img;
BPNN *net;
{
  int scale;
  char userid[40], head[40], expression[40], eyes[40], photo[40];

  userid[0] = head[0] = expression[0] = eyes[0] = photo[0] = '\0';

  /*** scan in the image features ***/
  sscanf(NAME(img), "%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%d.%[^_]",
    userid, head, expression, eyes, &scale, photo);

  if (!strcmp(userid, "glickman")) {
    net->target[1] = TARGET_HIGH;  /* it's me, set target to HIGH */
  } else {
    net->target[1] = TARGET_LOW;   /* not me, set it to LOW */
  }
}

NAME(img) is nothing but this

#define NAME(img)   ((img)->name)

and img is a structure

i understand the functioning of scanf like in this

sscanf(line, "%d %d", &nc, &nr);

"line" is string and from it it retrieves integer and store it in nc and nr

BUT i am not able to understand what wil this refer to %[^_]_ and what wil it store in userid and ither mentioned as in

sscanf(NAME(img), "%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%[^_]_%d.%[^_]",
userid, head, expression, eyes, &scale, photo);

Thankyou

[DaWei]

The square brackets are a special form of the 's' specifier. They are similar to square brackets used in a regex expression. They define a class of characters for scanf to match. For example, %[abc] asks scanf to capture the character if it is an 'a' OR a 'b' OR a 'c', and stash it in our specified variable. The '^' character has the effect of inverting the request. For example, %[^abc] asks scanf to capture the character if it is NOT an 'a' or 'b' or 'c'.

This is documented in your material regarding 'scanf'. You might want to read that.

[wrecker]

All that i know about %[^_]is that it is used to scan a particular line includeing the blank spaces or nul values..... This syntax is used in printf..... Also DaWei has given a very good and explanation..... I loved it...

[DaWei]

The bracket format is NOT used by printf. Where would be the utility of such a thing? Please try to avoid disseminating bogus information.

[rejishraghavan]

Using this [^] (^ caret Symbol ) we can get the input till the character from the keyboard....

for Example....

U can get a line(Till \n is reached) by using Scanf insted of gets();
U can give any character [^ #] ....[^_]


char *a=(char*)malloc(sizeof(char));
scanf("%[^\n]",char);

[DaWei]

Unfortunately, your code will trash the heap. You only malloc'ed one char. Scanf will return anything entered BUT the newline. Malloc for a single char is hideously inefficient, and the overhead for managing that memory will be many times as large as the single char. Additionally, you have an error here:

scanf("%[^\n]",char);

char is a type, not your pointer.