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<sscanf></sscanf>

Provided by module: Additional RXML tags

Extract parts of a string and put them in other variables. Refer to the sscanf function in the Pike reference manual for a complete description.


Attributes

variables="list"

A comma separated list with the name of the variables that should be set.



<sscanf variables='form.year,var.month,var.day'
format='%4d%2d%2d'>19771003</sscanf>
&form.year;-&var.month;-&var.day;
1977-10-3

scope="name"

The name of the fallback scope to be used when no scope is given.



<sscanf variables='form.year,month,day' scope='var'
 format='%4d%2d%2d'>19801228</sscanf>
&form.year;-&var.month;-&var.day;
1977-12-28

return="name"

If used, the number of successfull variable 'extractions' will be available in the given variable.