From: Ken Kam <kenkam@...>
Date: 2006-06-01T09:29:50+09:00
Subject: Re: A newbie question about scanf

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Ken Kam wrote:
>> while a[0] < 100...
>> 
>> which works... but is there a better way of doing it?
> 
> These should all work:
> 
>    a, = scanf('%d')
>    a,* = scanf('%d')    # Prettier
>    a = *scanf('%d')     # Clearer?
> 
> However, if you really just want to convert a single
> string to an integer, use str.to_i or Integer(str).
> 
> 
> Hal

Hmmm... the * thing...
is it possible if you explain that in a bit more detail? Is that like 
pointers in C?


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