add support for parsing chars in scanf macro (#16240)

lib/pure/parseutils.nim

@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ proc parseIdent*(s: string, start = 0): string =
     while i < s.len and s[i] in IdentChars: inc(i)
     result = substr(s, start, i-1)
 
+proc parseChar*(s: string, ident: var char, start = 0): int =
+  ident = s[start]
+  result = 1
+
 proc skipWhitespace*(s: string, start = 0): int {.inline.} =
   ## Skips the whitespace starting at ``s[start]``. Returns the number of
   ## skipped characters.

lib/pure/strscans.nim

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ substrings starting with ``$``. These constructions are available:
 ``$h``              Matches a hex integer. This uses ``parseutils.parseHex``.
 ``$f``              Matches a floating pointer number. Uses ``parseFloat``.
 ``$w``              Matches an ASCII identifier: ``[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*``.
+``$c``              Matches a single ASCII character.
 ``$s``              Skips optional whitespace.
 ``$$``              Matches a single dollar sign.
 ``$.``              Matches if the end of the input string has been reached.
@@ -345,6 +346,12 @@ macro scanf*(input: string; pattern: static[string]; results: varargs[typed]): b
         else:
           matchError
         inc i
+      of 'c':
+        if i < results.len and getType(results[i]).typeKind == ntyChar:
+          matchBind "parseChar"
+        else:
+          matchError
+        inc i
       of 'b':
         if i < results.len and getType(results[i]).typeKind == ntyInt:
           matchBind "parseBin"