Gcc doesn't seem to get my scanf right, but Visual Studio does, what's wrong?

First I actually thought there was something wrong with my programming skills. But after I compiled the same code using Visual Studio, it worked. So here's the code that doesn't seem to be working right with gcc compilers, but they do compile. Note I'm using the Cygwin 3.4.4 version of gcc and 4.5.1 version of gcc from MinGW.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
    long double r = 0;
    long double p = 0;

    printf ("Enter a number: ");
    scanf ("%Lf", &r);
    printf ("Enter its power: ");
    scanf ("%Lf", &p);
    printf ("%Lf to the power of %Lf = %Lf\n", r, p, pow(r, p));

    printf ("7 ^ 3 = %Lf\n", pow (7.0,3.0));
    printf ("4.73 ^ 12 = %Lf\n", pow (4.73,12.0));
    printf ("32.01 ^ 1.54 = %Lf\n", pow (32.01,1.54));
    return 0;
}

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This is the first one. It compiles with GCC but the output doesn't seem to be what I'm expecting. (MinGW gcc (GCC) 4.5.1)

Code:

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Enter a number: 5
Enter its power: 3
5.000000 to the power of 0.000000 = 0.000000
7 ^ 3 = 343.000000
4.73 ^ 12 = 125410439.217423
32.01 ^ 1.54 = 208.036691

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The part "5.000000 to the power of 0.000000 = 0.000000" doesn't seem to be right. But on the other hand, when I compiled it using Visual Studio, it worked very well.

Code:

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Enter a number: 5
Enter its power: 3
5.000000 to the power of 3.000000 = 125.000000
7 ^ 3 = 343.000000
4.73 ^ 12 = 125410439.217423
32.01 ^ 1.54 = 208.036691

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I looked for a solution in the internet and I found sscanf. I tried to modified the code, it still compiles with gcc but yielding the same results.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
    char line[100];
    long double r = 0;
    long double p = 0;
 
    printf ("Enter a number: ");
    fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
    sscanf(line,"%Lf",&r);
   
    printf ("Enter its power: ");
    fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
    sscanf(line,"%Lf",&p);
   
    printf ("%Lf to the power of %Lf = %Lf\n", r, p, pow(r, p));

    printf ("7 ^ 3 = %Lf\n", pow (7.0,3.0));
    printf ("4.73 ^ 12 = %Lf\n", pow (4.73,12.0));
    printf ("32.01 ^ 1.54 = %Lf\n", pow (32.01,1.54));
    return 0;
}

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Using the gcc compiler of MinGW this is the result: (MinGW gcc (GCC) 4.5.1)

Code:

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Enter a number: 5
Enter its power: 3
5.000000 to the power of 0.000000 = 0.000000
7 ^ 3 = 343.000000
4.73 ^ 12 = 125410439.217423
32.01 ^ 1.54 = 208.036691

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The previous yields the same result as before where the part "5.000000 to the power of 0.000000 = 0.000000" is not working as intended. If I use the compiler from Visual Studio 2008 C++, this is the result:

Code:

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Enter a number: 5
Enter its power: 3
5.000000 to the power of 3.000000 = 125.000000
7 ^ 3 = 343.000000
4.73 ^ 12 = 125410439.217423
32.01 ^ 1.54 = 208.036691

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I just found out why this is happening but I still have a problem. According to someone who replied to my email it was because gcc was keeping a space in the keyboard buffer. And you can tell if the same thing's happening again if the second input is always 0. He said I should try to use the following code separated by a space instead:

Code:

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scanf( "%lf %lf", &r, &p );

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I edited my original code to work like this:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main()
{
    // my personal troubles with long double
    // while using gcc under cygwin and mingw
    long double r = 0;
    long double p = 0;
    long double a = 0;
   
    printf ("Enter a number <space> power: ");
    scanf( "%Lf %Lf", &r, &p );
       
    // r to the power of p
    a = pow(r,p);

    printf ("%.2Lf to the power of %.2Lf = %.2Lf\n", r, p, a);
    printf ("7 ^ 3 = %.2Lf\n", (long double)pow(7.0,3.0));
    printf ("4.73 ^ 12 = %.2Lf\n", (long double)pow(4.73,12.0));
    printf ("32.01 ^ 1.54 = %.2Lf\n", (long double)pow(32.01,1.54));
    return 0;
}

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Now it works perfectly fine with the following output when compiled with gcc both from MinGW and Cygwin.

Code:

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5.00 to the power of 3.00 = 125.00
7 ^ 3 = 343.00
4.73 ^ 12 = 125410439.22
32.01 ^ 1.54 = 208.04

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I still don't know how accept value from a second scanf though. If anyone of you who knows how to circumvent this issue please help. I need to accept the second input only after the return has been pressed from the first input and not separated by space.

We did all this yesterday.
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...er-issues.html

Why bother, eh Salem?

And done.