 simple example</h3><p>As suggested above, the expression <code class="code">bscanf&nbsp;ic&nbsp;<span class="string">"%d"</span>&nbsp;f</code> reads a decimal
    integer <code class="code">n</code> from the source of characters <code class="code">ic</code> and returns <code class="code">f&nbsp;n</code>.</p>

<p>For instance,</p>

<ul>
<li>if we use <code class="code">stdin</code> as the source of characters (<a href="Scanf.Scanning.html#VALstdin"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Scanf</span>.<