Entering Char problem

[spikestar]

Hi guys, I'm new to this forms and this is my first post.
I'm currently working on my assignment which consists of menu driven program. For one of the sections I'm required to create a ASCII to binary generator.Anyway what i would like to know is why in this section of my code it doesn't let me enter char.

void ascii_binary(void)
{
     char ch[2] ={0};
    
    printf("Enter character: ");
    gets(ch);
    
    printf("You chave entered %s\n",ch);
    scanf("%s",ch);
    return;
}

(ps the code is not complete)
If i run the code in a separate file and compile it, it works.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
SS

[Sebastiani]

>> I'm currently working on my assignment which consists of menu driven program. For one of the sections I'm required to create a ASCII to binary generator.Anyway what i would like to know is why in this section of my code it doesn't let me enter char.

1) Don't use gets() - ever.
2) Functions such as gets() and scanf() leave a newline in the input buffer. Read this.
3) You can really just use getchar( ) if all you really want is a single character.
4) Why are you fetching the input twice, anyway?
5) Define "in this section of my code it doesn't let me enter char". Is it hanging, skipping, verbally refusing - what? Be specific, please.

[spikestar]

Well after i run the code
IT just prints "Enter character:" and goes straight into "You have entered:"

[Sebastiani]

>> Well after i run the code IT just prints "Enter character:" and goes straight into "You have entered:"

Ok, well in that case the problem probably relates to #2 then.