Thread: reading strings with spaces using sscanf

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    Question reading strings with spaces using sscanf

    Hi

    I'm trying to find a way to use sscanf to read a string that can include an unknown number of spaces.

    I'm using so far
    Code:
    char in[1024];
    int r = 0;
    while ( r == 0){
    	printf("Insira o nome do restaurante a guardar:\n");
    	fgets(in, 1024, stdin);
    	r = sscanf(in, "%s\n", restaurante->nome);
    }
    Someone can please tell what should I change? I'm just getting the first word since it stops at white spaces.

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    Well, you could just use the in array. You can strip the newline like so:
    Code:
    char *p;
    if((p = strchr(in, '\n'))) *p = 0;
    Or you could use this.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main() {
        char buffer[10];
    
        printf("Enter a string: ");
        scanf("&#37;9[^\n]", buffer);
        puts(buffer);
    
        return 0;
    }
    Personally, I'd just use the result of fgets() . . . .
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    Thanks

    Thank you very much I didn't know about strchr.

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