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Subject: Re: scanf: strange behavior?
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:27:52 -0400
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Egon Eckert wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> compiling and running this code:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main(int, const char**)
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
After correcting this illegal and uncompilable line,

> {
>   char c[2];
>   printf("%d\n", sscanf("A", "%c%c", c, c + 1));
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> gives:
> 
> 1 in GNU libc (on Linux)
> 1 in Borland C++ 3.1 (on DOS)
> -1 in djgpp

djgpp yields 1.

Don't complain about what happens when you try compiling garbage.