debian man page for scan_short

scan_short(3)						     Library Functions Manual						     scan_short(3)

NAME
       scan_short - parse an integer in decimal ASCII representation

SYNTAX
       #include <scan.h>

       size_t scan_short(const char *src,short int *dest);

DESCRIPTION
       scan_short  parses a short integer in decimal ASCII representation from src and writes the result into dest. It returns the number of bytes
       read from src.

SEE ALSO
       scan_int(3), scan_ushort(3), scan_xshort(3), scan_8short(3), fmt_short(3)

																     scan_short(3)