changeset 12993:dfab2a8ca545 stable

doc: update sscanf doc string to match current behavior * file-io.cc (Fsscanf): Document POS output.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:20:26 -0400
parents f217edac2c71
children b12e2cffaa2f
files src/file-io.cc
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/file-io.cc
+++ b/src/file-io.cc
@@ -1176,11 +1176,13 @@
 
 DEFUN (sscanf, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {[@var{val}, @var{count}] =} sscanf (@var{string}, @var{template}, @var{size})\n\
+@deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {[@var{val}, @var{count}, @var{pos}] =} sscanf (@var{string}, @var{template}, @var{size})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{v1}, @var{v2}, @dots{}, @var{count}] =} sscanf (@var{string}, @var{template}, \"C\")\n\
 This is like @code{fscanf}, except that the characters are taken from the\n\
 string @var{string} instead of from a stream.  Reaching the end of the\n\
-string is treated as an end-of-file condition.\n\
+string is treated as an end-of-file condition.  In addition to the values\n\
+returned by @code{fscanf}, the index of the next character to be read\n\
+is returned in in @var{pos}.\n\
 @seealso{fscanf, scanf, sprintf}\n\
 @end deftypefn")
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