Along with
sprintf, one of the most
important functions for
string manipulation in
C.
Syntax similar to the
printf family.
Here's a very
brief example:
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int *x;
char *s;
sscanf( "256 blah", "%i %s", x, s );
/*
x is now a pointer to 256.
s is now a pointer to "blah".
*/
}