Do you really need all of scanf's functionality? If I were approaching this I'd probably consider writing some sort of transform between scanf functionality and an underlying implementation; a micro-DSL, more or less.
Dave On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Adam Hardy <ahardy.str...@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote: > Matt Meola on 14/03/11 00:04, wrote: >> >> On 03/12/2011 05:57 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> >>> Hi List >>> >>> this is a bit OT but it's the weekend and I have a question which I am >>> desperate to answer and my googling skills are no match for it. >>> >>> Does anyone know where I can get a Java implementation of scanf? >> >> Does java.text.MessageFormat.parse() perhaps meet at least some of your >> needs? > > This might actually be a quicker way to do exactly what I need to do now, I > mean quicker than Scanner. Thanks for the great tip. > > However it has 2 drawbacks in comparison with C's scanf - it doesn't take > the same symbols and formatting in its pattern as printf, and it can't > handle multiple occurrences of the same variable in the pattern. > > Regards > Adam > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
