If I have a scanf like this:
How do I get the program to continue if the user only inputs the one char and no double character? For example if user hits 'R' and then return the program does not execute the next line of code. How do I get it to do that?Code:scanf(" %c %lf", &charvar, &doublevar);
Use fgets to read a line of input and sscanf to parse that line. Then read the documentation on sscanf (scanf(3): input format conversion - Linux man page), especially the part about "return value". It tells you that scanf returns the number of successfully converted items, so if it returns 1 instead of 2, you didn't get a valid float.
I read the page you linked, but I am still not sure how to alter my code. I am a beginner...
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Sorry I still don't know what to do...
doublevar is a double not a char:
Code:scanf(" %c %lf", &charvar, &doublevar);
Reading a line of input is done with fgets, as quzah's link shows. You can't use scanf like that for it, because it will swallow the return you type and wait for the next character. Using sscanf solves this because once it reaches the end of the string, it will not expect more input. But to use sscanf you must first put a line of text into a memory buffer, which fgets can do.
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