CodeComplexity.ai on Instagram: "✅ Explanation: ● In C, scanf returns an integer value, not the input itself. ● The return value tells how many inputs were successfully read and assigned. ● If all expected inputs are read correctly, it returns that count. ● If input doesn’t match the format, it returns a smaller number. ● If it fails before reading anything (like EOF), it returns EOF. That’s why the return type of scanf is int it’s designed for input validation, not just reading data. . . . . .