i><code class="code">ic</code> is a source of characters (typically a <em>    formatted input channel</em> with type <a href="Scanf.Scanning.html#TYPEin_channel"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Scanf</span>.<span class="constructor">Scanning</span>.in_channel</code></a>),</li>
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<li><code class="code">fmt</code> is a format string (the same format strings as those used to print
    material with module <a href="Printf.html"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Printf</span></co