Feature request: scanf

[Jeff]

Lutz,



May we have a fast scanf-style reader to parse input in the next release?  Something the opposite of format, perhaps?

[scottmaccal]

Lutz,



May we have a fast scanf-style reader to parse input in the next release?  Something the opposite of format, perhaps?

I second that.

[Lutz]

Did you read my other post about using (read-line)  for getting input from user? You can combine that and regular expressions with 'regex' or 'parse' to parse out the components from the input.

[scottmaccal]

Did you read my other post about using (read-line)  for getting input from user? You can combine that and regular expressions with 'regex' or 'parse' to parse out the components from the input.

Lutz,



I did. Thank you again. I can't believe I missed that in the manual! :-)



Thank you for creating and sharing newLISP too!



It is what I have been looking for. The first LISP that I began to feel comfortable with (after much pain) was Emacs Lisp. But newLISP is now my favorite.

[Jeff]

I know, but scanf is faster, more exact, defines types, and uses *much* less memory.  Which is why programs still use scanf over regex in many scenarios.  Scanf gives me complete control over user input and guarantees that I get either the correct input and input types or that I get nothing at all.