python Programming Glossary: scanf

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175080/sscanf-in-python

in Python I'm looking for an equivalent to sscanf in Python... in Python I'm looking for an equivalent to sscanf in Python. I want to parse proc net files in C I could do something.. net files in C I could do something like this int matches sscanf buffer d 64 0 9A Fa f X 64 0 9A Fa f X X X X X X X d d ld 512s..

How to inherit stdin and stdout in python by using os.execv()

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8500047/how-to-inherit-stdin-and-stdout-in-python-by-using-os-execv

a c code as follows #include cstdio int main int a b while scanf d d a b 2 printf d n a b return 0 I use g o a a.cpp to complie..

Why is reading lines from stdin much slower in C++ than Python?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9371238/why-is-reading-lines-from-stdin-much-slower-in-c-than-python

to python's speed. I also tried J.N.'s suggestion of using scanf into a char array instead of getline into a std string. Bingo.. char input_a 512 char input_b 32 char input_c 512 while scanf s s s n input_a input_b input_c EOF line_count Speed cat test_lines.. Yes I ran it several times. So I guess I will now use scanf instead of getline. But I'm still curious if people think this..