Printing single character from a string

[TJJ]

Hi

I have a program where the user can enter a string of up to 100 chars which is stored in a variable

char DataInput[100];

printf("Please enter your data:\n");
scanf("%s", &DataInput);

I want to print on the screen and first char of the string. So something like:

printf("%s",&DataInput[0]);

This always gives me errors - what am I doing wrong - I think I am using the wrong variable type? However I want the input to accept many characters

Any assistance greatly appreciated!

TJJ

[velius]

printf("%c", DataInput[0]);

[Kyro]

scanf("%s", &DataInput);

// don't need '&' since it's an array

scanf("%s", DataInput);

[TJJ]

Thanks!

It was bound to be something simple!

[Hammer]

scanf() will run you into problem later on. Once you get the hang of it, move on to fgets()
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385