Thread: fgets question

Hi all;


If i have the following:

Code:

typedef struct {
	char firstname[10];
	char surname[10];
	int age;
}database;

and i want to take in values for firstname and surname and age like this:

Code:

for(int i=0; i<5;i++)
{
       fgets(ptr[i]->firstname, sizeof(ptr[i]->firstname), stdin);
       printf("\nEnter the surname");
       fgets(ptr[i]->surname, sizeof(ptr[i]->surname), stdin);
       printf("Enter the age");
        scanf("%d",&ptr[i]->age);
}

There is some code above missing, ie mallocs etc.

The scanf causes the firstname to be skip on the next round of the loop.
What can i use instead of scanf to solve the problem, i know its to with scanf not taking spaces, so firstname takes the space and thats why its blank


Any ideas?

Thanks

Didnt find much on it, could you post us a link?

So for my struct example i have an array for my int so i can use fgets on it?

Its ok i solved it, ignore stupid comment by me above

Thanks