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Can we specify variable field width in a scanf() format string? If possible how?

  
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July 01, 2007 03:45:22   #1  
Ajay K        

RE: Can we specify variable field width in a scanf() ...
Yes . e.g. scanf (" 10s" str ); only 10 chars would be taken in
 
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