#include "stdio.h" static const char *colors[] = {" c black", ". c #001100", "X c #111100"}; int main() { unsigned char code; char color[32]; int rcode; for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { rcode = sscanf(colors[i], "%c c %s", &code, color); printf("%i, %c, %s\n", rcode, code, color); } }