ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Scanf

Okay kiddo, let me tell you what scanf is.

So, you know when you want to collect some information from someone, like their name or their age? Well, imagine you're a computer program and you need to collect information like that from the person using you.

That's where scanf comes in! It's a special computer code that helps programs collect information from the person using them.

Let's say you want to collect someone's age. You'd use scanf to ask the user to type in their age, and then your program would store that age in a special place in its memory where it can access it later.

Pretty cool, huh? It might seem complicated, but it's actually really helpful for programs to be able to collect information from users!