sscanf

/* sscanf example */

#include <stdio.h>



int main ()

{

  char sentence []="Rudolph is 12 years old";

  char str [20];

  int i;



  sscanf (sentence,"%s %*s %d",str,&i);

  printf ("%s -> %d\n",str,i);

  

  return 0;

}

Output:

Rudolph -> 12