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>    (PHP 4 &#62;= 4.0.1)</P
>sscanf&nbsp;--&nbsp;
     Parses input from a string according to a format
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>mixed <B
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>&#13;     The function <B
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>sscanf()</B
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>&#13;     Any whitespace in the format string matches any whitespace in the input
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>// getting the serial number
$serial = sscanf("SN/2350001","SN/%d");
// and the date of manufacturing
$mandate = "January 01 2000";
list($month, $day, $year) = sscanf($mandate,"%s %d %d");
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     If optional parameters are passed, the function will return the
     number of assigned values. The optional parameters must be passed
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>// get author info and generate DocBook entry
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echo "&#60;author id='$id'&#62;
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