Thread: string interrupted when there is a space

Hi.

I study C. I wrote the following program:

Code:

main()
{
char yourname[20];
printf("Enter your name: ");
scanf("%s", &yourname);
printf("The name you entered is %s",yourname);
getch();
}

But when I enter eg: 'Peter South', it only displays 'Peter'. I am used from Pascal, that the whole string is considered not to end when there is a space. How can I correct the program that it will display whole name user enters?

I have also try to correct it, here is the result:

Code:

main()
{
char yourname[40];
printf("Enter your name: ");
scanf("%s", &yourname);
int i;
printf("The name you entered is:\n");
for(i=0;i<40;i++){
printf("%s",yourname[i]);
}
getch();
}

But this doesn't work. Could you please help?

Thank you.

Use fgets(yourname,40,stdin) instead of scanf()

You've received good advice, but if you want to know why that happens, here is the reason:

Type character array. Inputs a sequence of non-whitespace characters (space, tab, carriage return, new line, vertical tab, or formfeed). The array must be large enough to hold the sequence plus a null character appended to the end.

Source.