.TH scan_xshort 3 .SH NAME scan_xshort \- parse an unsigned short integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation .SH SYNTAX .B #include size_t \fBscan_xshort\fP(const char *\fIsrc\fR,unsigned short *\fIdest\fR); .SH DESCRIPTION scan_xshort parses an unsigned short integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation from \fIsrc\fR and writes the result into \fIdest\fR. It returns the number of bytes read from \fIsrc\fR. scan_xshort understands both upper and lower case letters. scan_xshort does not expect or understand a "0x" prefix. .SH "SEE ALSO" fmt_xshort(3)