SYNTAX

#include <scan.h>

size_t scan_xshort(const char *src,unsigned short *dest);

DESCRIPTION

scan_xshort parses an unsigned short integer in hexadecimal ASCII representation from src and writes the result into dest. It returns the number of bytes read from src.

scan_xshort understands both upper and lower case letters.

scan_xshort does not expect or understand a "0x" prefix.