Check if user presses the Enter key

I'm writing a program where 10 values are entered and then the max, min, and mean of the user entered values are displayed.

Now i need to add a part where if the user does not want to enter 10 values, they can just press the enter key and 10 defined numbers that i make will be used instead.

What I need help with is how to check if the user only presses the enter key. I've never done this before considering i am in basic c programming and i don't know where to start. If anyone can help me out it'd be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Code:

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  if (getchar() == '\n')
    puts("User pressed Enter");

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So... flip answers aside... post your code, lets see what we can do...

How are you reading your numbers? Are your numbers only single digits? Your input, and how you read it, or how you consider it valid or not, should guide you here.

scanf - scans specifically formatted input
getchar - read a single character
fgets + sscanf - read a block of input, terminated by length or hitting enter + scan it for a specific format

There are multiple ways to read input. You can look in the FAQ for various articles on getting input.


Quzah.

should i use scanf if I'm using floats?

Why not? %f for float, %lf for double. There are many ways to obtain input, if you are using scanf you can check the return value to determine what you need to do.

For that matter, the easiest way might be to do something like this...

Code:

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

int main (void)
  {
    int array[10];

    // fill with random numbers
    srand(time());
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      array[i] = rand % 1000;

    // get user's input
    printf("Enter 10 numbers : ");
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      if (scanf("%d",  &array[i]) != 1)
        break;

  // display array
  printf("Here is the list  ");
  for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      printf("%d" , array[i]);



  // do all your clever math stuff here



  return 0;
}

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If at any time the user makes an inapproriate input it will continue on with the random numbers seeded into the array from that point on...

I still cannot get this to work. If the user enters a alphabet character and presses enter it says the user pressed the enter key, but if they just press enter it doesn't do anything but wait for the next floating point number.

Here is my code, did i forget anything?:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#define size 3

void main(void)
{

float num[size];
int i;
float min;
float max;
float avg;
float sumofnum;

printf("Enter 10 floating point numbers: \n");
for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
        scanf("%f", &num[i]);
}


/*Check if character is entered*/

if(getchar() =='\n')
{
/*Minimum Number*/
min = num[0];

for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
        if(num[i] < min)
        {
                min = num[i];
        }
}

/*Maximum Number*/
max = num[0];

for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
        if(num[i] > max)
        {
                max = num[i];
        }
}

/*Average of Numbers*/

for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
        sumofnum += num[i];
}

        avg = sumofnum / size;

printf("The minimum number you have entered is: %.2f\n", min);
printf("The maximum number you have entered is: %.2f\n", max);
printf("The average of the numbers you entered is: %.2f\n", avg);
}
else
        printf("You pressed enter\n");

return;
}

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Thanks

You are mixing your types of input functions. C really isn't a fan of that. Why don't you just use fgets + sscanf.


Quzah.

Ok... look at your code...
First of all ... learn some consistent scheme of indentation. The indents should let you see, very clearly whare blocks of code start and end... Look at my post (#6 in the thread) for an example.

Your code still does not recognize the "user pressed enter" which you can only do by testing the return value of scanf() ... once again look at my example to see how it works... As your code is now, the user has no choice but to enter 10 numbers. they can hit enter all they want and it's just going to keep right on waiting for all ten numbers.

You seriously need to look at the examples and directions people are giving you and you need to look the functions up in your C library docs...
Really, my friend... help files are your friends!