Thread: help with fgets !!!!!!!!!!

Use scanf()...

And lose the stupid exclamation marks... 'round here that has exactly the opposite of the desired effect.

edit: should have been "Use fscanf() " ... sorry.

You can use scanf, but it will stop scanning when it reaches a whitespace character. This would be a detriment if you have a state or city name with a space (e.g. "Las Vegas"). fgets is the safer form of gets, as it allows you to specify a maximum number of characters to read. So, to answer your question, take a look at the following:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAX 50

typedef struct {
    char states[MAX];
    char cities[MAX];
    int tempt;
} Info_t;

int main( void )
{
    Info_t info;

    fgets( info.states, MAX, stdin );
    fgets( info.cities, MAX, stdin );
    scanf( "%d", &info.tempt );

    return 0;
}

Note the use of a #define preprocessor macro to set the number of characters to be read - this makes it easy to propagate changes throughout your code.

Be aware that fgets will retain a newline character, if present. You may need to make accommodations for this in your code.