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17. Formatting and Scanning Strings

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe the standard library features for formatting and scanning strings. Formatting is the process of composing a new string from one or more data values, while scanning is the process of parsing values from a string. Table 17-1 puts formatting and scanning strings in context.

Table 17-1

Putting Formatting and Scanning Strings in Context

Question	Answer
What are they?	Formatting is the process of composing values into a string. Scanning is the process of parsing a string for the values it contains.
Why are they useful? ...