Posted by Richard Schneidt on 01/05/07 09:18

Sam Waller schrieb:
> In php5 I'm trying to read in a float number from an ascii file with:

>
> $n = fscanf($fp, "%f", $f);

from this line I cannot tell what you are doing.

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> where the ascii file contains this:
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> "....> 1.32405 </FONT></TD>"
>
> I use fseek to go to the offset of the single space before the number and then use fscanf. But I'm
> not reading the number correctly. What is the best way to get the float into php?

fscanf is fine or a regular expression might do

>
> thanks,
> Sam
>

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