ViScanf invalid format string due to #sample size data1, data2,... response

Question

I'm writing a program which will utilize the internal memeory of the Agilent 34410A DMM for making fast measurements (10K/s).  In order to do this, I need to setup a test, have the data stored to the internal memory, then read and delete it, while other measurements are still happening.  The best command for the read/delete function is the R? command, but it returns the data in a strange format which breaks the ViScanf format string.  
an example of the R? reading in below:
R? 2
#231+2.87536000E-04,+3.18131400E-03
Is there a way to setup the ViScanf format string to handle this?
Thanks
Ryan

Answer 1

Yes, I am using CVI
If it was just returning one value I would use a simple viScanf function like this:
viScanf (vi, "%f", fbuf);
If you do a READ from in the instrument, it returns an array of floats so you need to adjust you viScan fuction parse the string into an array of floats like this (array of 500 for this example):
viScanf(vi, "%,500f", fbuf);
The problem is the data response to the R? command starts with the array size and is then followed by the data (#231+2.87536000E-04,+3.18131400E-03).  In the previous example, I need to delete the #, and parse the 231 into an array size variable and then fill an array (fbuf in this case) with the data.