Raptor:Raptor Scanf

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Raptor™ Scanf

Description

This is used to read numerical or other types out of a string according to the provided format string. The format string is a standard C format string. A format string can contain both text to be matched and format specifiers which are used to read data from the string. The output ports for this block will be created based on the format string entered in the parameter. To match a % to the string use %%.

A format specifiers has the following form %[*][width][length]specifier

*	Description
*	Specifies that the data read by this specifier should be discarded

width	Description
(number)	The maximum number of characters to be read.

The length field modifies the default data type of the incoming port for a specifier.

length	specifiers
	d i	u o x X	f F e E g G a A	c	s
(none)	int32	uint32	double	uint8	string
hh	int8	uint8
h	int16	uint16
l				uint16

specifier	Output	Example
d or i	Signed integer	-189
u	Unsigned integer	254
o	Unsigned octal	610
x	Unsigned hexadecimal integer	7ff
X	Unsigned hexadecimal integer (uppercase)	7FF
f	Floating point, lowercase	1234.85
F	Floating point, uppercase	1234.85
e	Scientific notation, lowercase	1.23485e+3
E	Scientific notation, uppercase	1.23485E+3
g	Use the shortest representation of %e or %f
G	Use the shortest representation of %E or %F
a	Hexadecimal floating point, lowercase	-0xd.32fep-2
A	Hexadecimal floating point, uppercase	-0XD.32FEP-2
c	Character	a
s	String

Inputs

Input	Type	Description
string	string	String handle

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
string	string	Duplicate string handle
...		Signals from string.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Format String	String	Specifies the format of the data to read from the string.