Thread: bad c code question

Hello,

I'm wondering why is the following code working (although it shouldnt):

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

main() {
	char answer[1];
	printf("question? ");
	scanf("%s",answer);
	printf("%s",answer);
}

It will print answer normally.

Why is that?

Thanks for explanation!

You got lucky enough that there was nothing "important" behind answer -- answer is a legitimate memory address, and the result of the scanf is stored starting there. It will overwrite what's behind it (or raise an access violation if what's behind it is unavailable), 'cause that's just the way scanf is.