Thread: Input help needed

ok i'm trying to input the following input into my program:

Code:

4 6
Ryan 4
Peter 5
Harold 2
John 9
Carlos 1
Terry 7
end

the first two are for this array but the problem is i dont know how to input "Ryan" "Peter" and stuff by having the first letter of the name stored in an array[1] and the number afterwards stored in array2[1]. It should stop scanning in numbers once the user types in "end". Here's the code i have right now but its a lil funky and does not work:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
     char board[30][30];
     int b_rows, b_cols;
     char gem[27];
     int gem_value[27];
     char c;
     int rows, cols, num=0;

     scanf("%d%d", &b_rows, &b_cols);
     printf("Rows = %d Cols = %d\n", b_rows, b_cols);

     for(rows=0; rows<b_rows; rows++)
       for(cols=0; cols<b_cols; cols++)
         board[rows][cols] = '.';

rows=0;
while(rows<27)
  {
      scanf("%c", &gem[rows]);
      if(gem[rows] != 'e')
        scanf("%d", &gem_value[rows]);
      rows++;
  }

     for(rows=0; rows<27; rows++)
       printf("Gem Name: %c Gem Value: %d\n", gem[rows], gem_value[rows]);

and here's the output with the input from above:

Code:

4 6
Rows = 4 Cols = 6
Ryan 4
Peter 5
Harold 2
John 9
Carlos 1
Gem Name:
 Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: R Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: y Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: a Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: n Gem Value: 4
Gem Name:
 Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: P Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: e Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: t Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: e Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: r Gem Value: 5
Gem Name:
 Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: H Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: a Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: r Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: o Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: l Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: d Gem Value: 2
Gem Name:
 Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: J Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: o Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: h Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: n Gem Value: 9
Gem Name:
 Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: C Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: a Gem Value: -688123
Gem Name: r Gem Value: -688123

can anyone give me some hints or tips on how to make this work? any help would be much appreciated thanks!

is there a way to store just the first letter of the name in the first array and then the number in the second without using strings? Again i only need to store the first letter in the array not the whole name. Thanks

ahhh i still can't figure this out here's what i have now, but its basically doing the same thing can anyone help?

Code:

main()
{
     char board[30][30];
     int b_rows, b_cols;
     char gem[27], temp[27];
     int gem_value[27];
     char c;
     int rows, cols, num=0, index=0;;

     scanf("%d%d", &b_rows, &b_cols);
     printf("Rows = %d Cols = %d\n", b_rows, b_cols);

     for(rows=0; rows<b_rows; rows++)
       for(cols=0; cols<b_cols; cols++)
         board[rows][cols] = '.';

rows=0;
while(num == 0)
  {
    scanf("%c%d", &gem[rows], &gem_value[rows]);
    for(index=rows; index<rows+4; index++)
      temp[index] = gem[index];
    if(temp[rows] == 'e')
        num = 1;
    else
        gem[rows] = temp[rows];
    rows++;
  }

for(rows=0; rows<27; rows++)
       printf("Gem Name: %c Gem Value: %d\n", gem[rows], gem_value[rows]);

i can't use fgets