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I am writing this program as an assignment but I don't know what is wrong. I have to use gets() and getchar() to take the users name and 2 (x,y) and print on the screen each number between the values of of x and y. This is what I have so far but it has several errors.

#include <stdio.h>

void main(void)
{
/*Declare Variables*/
int x,y;
char name [50];

/*Get users name*/
name=getchar();

/*Get values for x and y from user*/
x=gets(int);
y=gets(int);

/*Loop through numbers and print*/
while (x<=y)
printf("\t",x);
++x:

getchar(): /*wait for key stroke to exit*/

}

>>but I don't know what is wrong
Your assignment is what's wrong. gets() is an old function that should be avoided.

>>void main
Is wrong, main returns an int.

>>name=getchar();
getchar() returns a single character, you're not using it correctly to get a string of input.

>>x=gets(int);
Although using gets() is wrong (as above), it doesn't work in this manner either.

>>printf("\t",x);
You are printing tabs only, not the actual number.

I would suggest you lookup fgets() for getting a string from the user, that would be a darn sight easier than using getchar().

Here's an example of a program to get the user name and display it. See what you can make of it. You can use it to also input numbers, which you will then need to convert to ints (a little more complicated, but not much )

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  char buf[BUFSIZ];
  
  printf ("Enter your name: ");
  if (fgets(buf, BUFSIZ, stdin) != NULL)
  {
    printf ("Hello %s", buf);
  }
  return 0;
}

Finally, please use code tags when posting code.

Thanks for the information but as part of my assignment I have to use the gets() and getchar() fuctions even if they are old.

Thanks for the information but as part of my assignment I have to use the gets() and getchar() fuctions even if they are old.

And why exactly?
instead gets() use fgets(), it's better for you

Originally posted by ct26torr
Thanks for the information but as part of my assignment I have to use the gets() and getchar() fuctions even if they are old.

You're kiddin' aren't you... ??? gets is an old function and also a WRONG function.
NEVER USE THIS FUNCTION !!!

OK, lame ass assignment then

Try this

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

char *GetString(char buf[], int buflen);

int main(void)
{
  char buf[BUFSIZ];
  
  printf ("Enter your name: ");
  printf ("Hello %s", GetString(buf, sizeof(buf)));
  
  return 0;
}

char *GetString(char buf[], int buflen)
{
  int ch;
  char *p = buf;

  while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF && ch != '\n' && --buflen)
    *p++ = ch;

  *p = '\0';
  
  return buf;
}

No I'm not kidding. It is the requiement for the assignment. I don't know why but it seems that is what I have to use.

Well, I've given the getchar() example. I'm sure you can work out the gets() implementation yourself.

To convert the input obtained by gets() into a real number, you'll need something like strtol().

Have fun

Ok ao I have made a change and now my program seems to get stuck in a loop. It never increments to the next number like it is supposed to.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
	/*Declare Variables*/
	int x,y;
	char name [50];

	/*Get users name*/
	printf("Enter your name:");
	scanf("%s", &name);

	printf("\nThis program will accept 2 numbers from you and print all the numbers"
		"between them on the screen.\n");


	/*Get values for x and y from user*/
	printf("Enter an your starting number:");
	scanf("%d", &x);
	printf("Enter your ending number:");
	scanf("%d", &y);

	/*Loop through numbers and print*/
	printf("\n Thank you %s,\n", name);
	while (x<=y)
		printf("\t%d",x);
		++x;

		
getchar(); /*wait for key stroke to exit*/
	

}

Where is it you are studying to get this sort of assignment?

Code:

while (x<=y)
		printf("\t%d",x);
		++x;

Should be..

Code:

while (x<=y) {
		printf("\t%d",x);
		++x;
}

>>Ok ao I have made a change
And now your using scanf() to get a string?! What happened to the "I must use gets()" thing? Like I said before, use fgets() to get a string. Maybe pay attention to what people are saying, eh?

I can't use fgets(). I was told the only other option I have is scanf(). My instructor for the class said gets() or scanf() only.