Thread: Accepting input from keyboard

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    7h3_0r4c1_3
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    Accepting input from keyboard

    I was looking around how to accept input from the keyboard,and I read that certain functions like getchar,gets or scanf are good for small programs to teach you a basic overview on programming,but then they also state that they aren't a very good choice,and there are better ways to do it.

    What I'm asking is what are those ways?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7h3_0r4c1_3 View Post
    I was looking around how to accept input from the keyboard,and I read that certain functions like getchar,gets or scanf are good for small programs to teach you a basic overview on programming,but then they also state that they aren't a very good choice,and there are better ways to do it.

    What I'm asking is what are those ways?
    Using a fgets / sscanf pair is generally considered an efficient method.
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