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<p>Formatted input functions.</p>
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<h2 id="1_Introduction">Introduction</h2><h3 id="2_Functionalinputwithformatstrings">Functional input with format strings</h3><p>The module <a href="Scanf.html"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Scanf</span></code></a> provides formatted input functions or <em>scanners</em>.</p>

<p>The formatted input functions can read from any kind of input, including
    strings, files, or anything that can return characters. The 