[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51794] fscanf return empty result when trying to read long ints in "C-like" form

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                 Summary: fscanf return empty result when trying to read long
ints in "C-like" form
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sat 19 Aug 2017 06:17:02 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.3
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

fscanf(stdin, "%ld", 1) will read integers exceeding 2^32 correctly. For
example with 9007199254740991 it'll return:
ans =    9.0072e+15

while fscanf(stdin, "%ld", "C") will return ans = [](0x0).




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