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education/software development/ECE1400/C.md

@@ -57,7 +57,19 @@ Read value(s) from stdin.
 `scanf` is to stdin as `printf` is to stdout. 
 
 The format of the input is specified using [formatting specifiers](#Formatting%20specifiers), and all following arguments are pointers pointing to variables to update.
+
+
 ### Examples
+```c
+// Read a float from standard input into the variable `v`.
+float v;
+// Here, `v` is uninitialized
+scanf("%f", &v);
 
+printf("You input: %f", v);
+```
 
+### Behavior
 The validity of a `scanf` call is not necessarily checked at compile time, and so the number of outputs specified should match the number of inputs. 
+
+For each formatting specifier specified in the string, `scanf` will attempt to locate an appropriate value in the input, skipping whitespace and newlines if necessary. As `scanf`