Thread: Doubt on scanf function

Hi,

I have a query wrt character array. Follg is the basic code

Code:

void main()
{
  char a[10];
  for(i=0;i<10;i++)
  {
      scanf("Enter the array you wanna store in a", %c, a[i]);    
   }
}

Suppose user enters: ABCDEFGHIJK
is this stores as string as "ABCDEFGHIJK" in char array or as 'A', 'B',.......'K' i mean character constants...
Also the diff between string and character though i am aware of the fact in C that there is no string !

It would be very helpful if someone throws light on this...thks in advance!

First of all, that code doesn't even compile. Second, read up on your scanf documentation - it appears you're trying to use it as a printf/scanf hybrid sort of thing (which it isn't, of course). Finally, remember that scanf take the address of (eg: pointer to) the object (indeed, how else could it write to it otherwise?), and you should always check the return value of scanf.

And although C has no formal string object, it does use the convention of null-terminated character arrays, which are more often than not referred to as 'strings'.

Ya thats right. I have now corrected it. Thanks.