Read strings line by line until Ctrl+C is pressed

Hello folks,
Here is what i have

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{    
	char ca[10][10],*sp[10];
	int i=0;

	sp[0]=ca[0];
	while((scanf("%s",sp[i])))
	{
		i++;
		sp[i]=ca[i];
	}
	
	for (i=0;i<10 ;i++ ) printf("%s\n",sp[i]);
	return 0;
}

The above code properly reads every string entered. It is correct.
However, this is an infinite loop and I want it to break from it when the user presses Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Z depending on the shell. Break from the while loop, not exit from a program.
I know there is getchar().... but it doesnt suite here.

Any help is appreciated!

I think your program is working like as you want can you explain better

You need to set a signal handler to catch the CTRL+C, and then process accordingly.

It's not CTRL+C, it's CTRL+D.


Quzah.

im using mingw in windows so it is ctrl+c... if i were using unix cmd it would be ctrl+d..

RockyMarrone, i want to get input of strings(line by line) until the user hits ctrl+c, and then sort it like unix sort
example:
>program.exe
>aaaa
>bbbb
>dddd
>cccc
>eeee
>^C
aaaa
bbbb
cccc
dddd
eeee

Originally Posted by r00t

im using mingw in windows so it is ctrl+c...

No it isn't. It's either CTRL Z or CTRL D.


Quzah.

Originally Posted by r00t

im using mingw in windows so it is ctrl+c... if i were using unix cmd it would be ctrl+d..

RockyMarrone, i want to get input of strings(line by line) until the user hits ctrl+c, and then sort it like unix sort
example:
>program.exe
>aaaa
>bbbb
>dddd
>cccc
>eeee
>^C
aaaa
bbbb
cccc
dddd
eeee

hmm dude then if you are linux then you have to catch the singals

i can give you example like

check this out

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>


void exit_program(int sig) {
  printf("Wake up call ... !!! - Catched signal: %d ... !!\n", sig);
  (void) signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
}

int main(void) {
  (void) signal(SIGINT, exit_program);

  while(1)
    printf("I wanna catch Ctrl + C\n"), sleep(1);

  return 0;
}

Originally Posted by quzah

No it isn't. It's either CTRL Z or CTRL D.


Quzah.

Mr. Quzah, I dont know about windows but in linux

ctrl + c = for quiting or exiting the running application / utility
ctrl + d = logs out
ctrl + z = run into the background

if he is working on linux may be he wants ctrl + c

Because you don't know apparently:

Sending EOF will cause scanf to fail eventually, breaking the loop with its return value, and sending EOF is exactly what CTRL D or CTRL Z does on either linux or windows, respectively.

CTRL C kills the application in my experience and you only do that when there is nothing else to do.

Originally Posted by whiteflags

Because you don't know apparently:

Sending EOF will cause scanf to fail eventually, breaking the loop with its return value, and sending EOF is exactly what CTRL D or CTRL Z does on either linux or windows, respectively.

CTRL C kills the application in my experience and you only do that when there is nothing else to do.

Yah you are absolutely correct with ctrl + C in linux but dude what r00t wants to do he want to perform sorting at ctrl + c signal catching then he can just do sorting in the handler which he wrote

And I'm saying that's a stupid decision. Do you really want to argue when I know how scanf actually works and the result will be the same in a less cumbersome way?

Originally Posted by whiteflags

And I'm saying that's a stupid decision. Do you really want to argue when I know how scanf actually works and the result will be the same in a less cumbersome way?

I am not arguing on that point but i am saying with ctrl + c sorting can be done yah its not a good practice to do that but may be this is home work

Originally Posted by RockyMarrone

Yah you are absolutely correct with ctrl + C in linux but dude what r00t wants to do he want to perform sorting at ctrl + c signal catching then he can just do sorting in the handler which he wrote

I doubt it. I think he's confused as to what he really wants, just like everyone else that shows up and says they need EOF as "ctrl (d|z) and ctrl c". More than likely he thinks it's "ctrl c", because when he tried that, his program "got EOF" (died), and so he wants it to break the loop like it would on the other OS...


Quzah.

Thanx all for replies.
First of all, this is an assignment so I have to implement it as professor said.

I think there is no need to catch any signals.

Code:

while ((c = getchar()) != EOF){
	printf("%c", c);
}
}

The code works exactly as i told. It takes input until Ctrl+C(or D whatever) is hit. The main thing is that i need to send EOF.

As an example you can run "sort" in windows cmd as well as in linux.

to Quzah,
I am not confused, i got EOF in the above code with hitting Ctrl+C and it did not die, I proccessed an array of chars after that. And again I'm using windows right now. And Ctrl+C or D or Z... it doesn't matter for me.

Originally Posted by r00t

And Ctrl+C or D or Z... it doesn't matter for me.

It should matter since "main thing is that (you) need to send EOF", so not sending EOF when you are testing how your program would behave when EOF is sent is clearly wrong.

By the way, in your most recent example, is c an int or a char?