fgets() and structures issue

I am having a problem with fgets() waiting for stdin. Any help is appreciated.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

struct myPIM
{

   char firstname[15];
   char lastname[20];
   char homeaddr[30];
   char city[30];
   char state[3];
   long int zip;

};


main()
{
   struct myPIM person1;

   printf("Person # 1\n");
   printf("Firstname: ");
   scanf("%s", person1.firstname);
   printf("Lastname: ");
   scanf("%s", person1.lastname);
   printf("Street Address: ");
   fgets(person1.homeaddr, 30, stdin);
   printf("City: ");
   scanf("%s", person1.city);
   printf("State: ");
   scanf("%s", person1.state);
   printf("Zipcode: ");
   scanf("%ld", &person1.zip);


   /* print the entered information */
   printf("\n\n*** Your Personal Information ***\n");
   printf("Firstname: %s\n", person1.firstname);
   printf("Lastname: %s\n", person1.lastname);
   printf("Street Address: %s\n", person1.homeaddr);
   printf("City: %s\n", person1.city);
   printf("State: %s\n", person1.state);
   printf("ZipCode: %ld\n", person1.zip);
}

scanf leaves newlines in the stream, causing fgets to pick it up and think it's done. Call fgetc(stdin) to eat the newline.

cool thanks for the fast reply. I appreciate it.

Or better yet, use

Code:

char buff[BUFSIZ];
fgets( buff, sizeof buff, stdin );

To read each line of input.

When you've validated the data, then convert / copy / whatever the data into your struct.

Ad-hoc reading directly into the struct without validation is no way to go.