Thread: Function definition problem with scanf()

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    Function definition problem with scanf()

    Hello once more,

    I suspect that I may be again overlooking something simple, but for some reason my code is outputting gibberish when it should be simply using a function to take two arguments (a char and an int) and printing the char to the same value of the int, e.g. entering 'a' and '5' should produce "aaaaa".
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    void char_times_int(char ch, int num);
    
    int main(void)
    {
        int num;
        char ch;
        
        printf("Enter a number, then a character.\n");
        scanf("%d %c", &num, ch);
        
        char_times_int(ch, num);
        
        getchar();
        getchar();
        
        return 0;
    }
    
    void char_times_int(char ch, int num)
    {
         int count;
         
         for (count = 1; count <= num; count++)
         putchar(ch);
    }
    If I remove the printf/scanf and simply define num = 5 and ch = 'a' then it works fine, but the iteration requires user input.
    Any help much appreciated whilst I hang my head in shame.

    Cheers,

    Twazzler
    Last edited by twazzler; 04-15-2011 at 11:54 AM. Reason: typo

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    Code:
    scanf("%d %c", &num, ch);
    Look carefully...

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    oh lawd...facepalm

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