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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md index 12f96d5ad41..e50972d7dc1 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/infrastructure.md @@ -278,6 +278,20 @@ The phrase "bitzero %|" means "set the specified bit in the supplied bitmask" if unformat parses "bitzero". Although it looks like it could be fairly handy, it's very lightly used in the code base. +`%_` toggles whether or not to skip input white space. + +For transition from skip to no-skip in middle of format string, skip input white space. For example, the following: + +```c +fmt = "%_%d.%d%_->%_%d.%d%_" +unformat (input, fmt, &one, &two, &three, &four); +``` +matches input "1.2 -> 3.4". +Without this, the space after -> does not get skipped. + + +``` + ### How to parse a single input line Debug CLI command functions MUST NOT accidentally consume input |