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─────Run-Time Library───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
  Include:   <stdio.h>
 
  Syntax:    int sscanf( char *buffer, char *format [, argument] ... );
 
  Returns:   the number of fields converted and assigned if successful
             (0 if no fields were assigned), or EOF for an attempt to
             read at end-of-string.
 
  See also:  scanf, sprintf, fscanf, _cscanf
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