an>.in_channel</code></a> formatted input channel <code class="code">ic</code> and converts them to
    values according to format string <code class="code">fmt</code>.
    As a final step, receiver function <code class="code">f</code> is applied to the values read and
    gives the result of the <code class="code">bscanf</code> call.</p>

<p>For instance, if <code class="code">f</code> is the function <code class="code"><span class="keyword">fun</span>&nbsp;s&nbsp;i&nbsp;<span class="keywordsign">-&gt;</sp