[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63462] sscanf reports incorrect number of output values.

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URL:
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                 Summary: sscanf reports incorrect number of output values.
                 Project: GNU Octave
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Sat 03 Dec 2022 03:58:03 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Reinhard
        Originator Email: octave-user@a1.net
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Sat 03 Dec 2022 03:58:03 PM UTC By: Anonymous
If you run this code in octave-9.0.0

[a,b,c,d,n]=sscanf("1 abcdefg 3\n","%d %s %g %g","C")

you get

a = 1
b = abcdefg
c = 3
d = 3
n = 4


In octave-6.4.0 the output was

a = 1
b = abcdefg
c = 3
d = [](0x0)
n = 3


So, with octave-9.0.0 incorrectly reported four values instead of three.







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