-=> Quoting Roy McNeill to all <=-

 RM> /* c version */
 RM> sscanf(s, "%i %i %i", &l,&m,&n);

 RM> because C treats numbers with leading zeroes as base 8 numbers.

 RM> kludgy. Am I missing something obvious? Is there an elegant way to
 RM> get C or C++ to read 0400 as 400dec instead of 256dec?

sscanf(s, "%d %d %d", &l, &m, &n);

i will convert a number according to the bases, d will convert a decimal
number. There are some subtle differences between scanf and printf
formatting characters.

Cheers,
Nhan


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