Re: *n format in file:read()

[Rena <hyperhacker@...>]

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> Is it specified anywhere what, exactly, the '*n' format is supposed to
> read?

The same as fscanf with %lf. See the source:
        http://www.lua.org/source/5.2/liolib.c.html#read_number
        http://www.lua.org/source/5.2/luaconf.h.html#LUA_NUMBER_SCAN

called from
        http://www.lua.org/source/5.2/liolib.c.html#g_read

Alright, thanks.

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