Thread: printf statement executed twice

Hi all,
I wrote a program to run a function based on the users choice.
Following is the code snippet of the program.

Code:

int main()
{

        char choice;

        while(1)
        {

                printf("Enter your choice(y/n):");
                scanf("%c",&choice);

                if ( choice == 'y' )
                {

                        create_node();

                }

                else if ( choice == 'n' )
                {

                        break;

                }

        }

        display();

}

In the code, the statement highlighted in blue color is getting printed twice except for the first time, when the while loop is getting executed.The output is shown in the following quote.

Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:10
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):1
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:1
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:9
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:2
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:8
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:3
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:7
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:4
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:6
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):y
Enter the data to be inserted:5
Enter your choice(y/n):Enter your choice(y/n):n

Did any one face this type of problem before.
Can any one help in solving the problem?.

Thanks in advance,
anand.

From your output it looks like it's getting printed twice once...when you enter something that is not handled by your if block, and the loop continues to the top. Ad a final else to break out of the loop if its not y or n. Or to print an error inbetween.

Thanks a lot for your reponses!!!
Every suggestion works Fine.....