.TH scan_short 3 .SH NAME scan_short \- parse an integer in decimal ASCII representation .SH SYNTAX .B #include size_t \fBscan_short\fP(const char *\fIsrc\fR,short int *\fIdest\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION scan_short parses a short integer in decimal ASCII representation from \fIsrc\fR and writes the result into \fIdest\fR. It returns the number of bytes read from \fIsrc\fR. .SH "SEE ALSO" scan_int(3), scan_ushort(3), scan_xshort(3), scan_8short(3), fmt_short(3)