scanf doesn't work for variables of type double

[Henry Spencer]

In article <12988 at uhnix1.uh.edu> jsmng at csune.cs.uh.edu () writes:
>... According to K&R, %f for double should be allowed in scanf...

Please read K&R more carefully.  In scanf, the specification for
double is %lf.  In *printf*, %f works for either float or double,
but in *scanf*, you have to make the distinction.
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