JavaScript fscanf

Implements a mostly ANSI compatible fscanf()

function fscanf (handle, format) {
    // Implements a mostly ANSI compatible fscanf()  
    // 
    // version: 1109.2015
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/fscanf    // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // -    depends on: fgets
    // -    depends on: sscanf
    // *     example 1: var handle = fopen('http://example.com/names_and_professions.html', 'r');
    // *     example 1: fscanf(handle, '%s\t%s\t%s\n');    // *     returns 1: ['robert', 'slacker', 'us']
    var mixed; // Could be an array or an integer
 
    mixed = this.sscanf.apply(this, [fgets(handle), format].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2)));
     return mixed;
}

external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

1 2	var handle = fopen('http://example.com/names_and_professions.html', 'r'); fscanf(handle, '%s\t%s\t%s\n');

Should return

1	['robert', 'slacker', 'us']

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Authors

Thanks to the following developers, you get to have fscanf goodness in JavaScript.

Brett Zamir ( original )

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