#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { const char teststring[] = "<tag `word'>"; int retc, a, b; retc = sscanf (teststring, "<%*s `%n%*s%n'>", &a, &b); printf ("retc=%d a=%d b=%d\n", retc, a, b); return retc == -1 && a == 6 && b == 12 ? 0 : 1; }