Thread: How to print everything you type till you hit enter using POINTERS.

I think I need to use

Code:

while(input[0]!='\n'){   
scanf("%s", input)
printf("%s", pointerhere);
}

basically we were asked to make a program that will print everything before the user hits the enter button. we cannot use fgets and we have to use pointers here.

not sure what exactly to do. Can you please help me?
We were told not to use fgets cause it's so easy and we need to incorporate pointers in this project.. all help would be appreciated.

input[0] isn't a pointer, and neither is "input". "input" HAS an address, and can be CLOSE to a constant char pointer - but it just isn't a char pointer.

What about using a char *ptr, and working with that? I believe that's what your instructor wants you to do, in this case. Sound right?

Give that a try!

Sounds like an interesting assignment. I'm glad to hear: "We were told not to use fgets cause it's so easy and we need to incorporate pointers in this project" because it means "fgets()" is being taught.

Two questions:
1. Have you been taught about memory allocation?
2. Have you learned about memory allocation?

(Yes, those are distinct questions.)

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Unless you're talking a cash register drawer, or cultivating crops, it's "until" - the colloquial being "'til."
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Give that a try!

Yes, do! Review your notes, give it your best shot, and let us know what you've come up with!

I still am not sure what to do here though.. any ideas?

Thanks adak, I declared a ptr to the array I'm using atm. Not sure what to do after that though.

May I ask where is the data after the space in scanf is stored?

Pointer Arithmetic

I'm guessing you probably don't want to use scanf, you want to use a character-by-character approach, like getchar(): Using Getchar

How do I use getchar and pointers at the same time?

You need to spend some time working through the tutorial linked with the button, at the top of this page. Unless it's the first week of your first C class or chapter in your self-study book, you should know where the data is stored.

You'll make FAR faster progress in C, if you run through that tutorial. Forums aren't designed for that kind of tutoring - even this forum which is wickedly fast with responses - is too slow for tutoring.

Code:

int main()
{
    char array[100];
    char *ptr;
    ptr = &array[0];
    int i, j;
    fgets(ptr, 100, stdin);
    printf("%s", array);
    getch();
    return 0;
}

Here's my code and it basically does all that my prof asked us to do.. I used fgets here though. Is there any way I can use scanf for this?

basically we were asked to make a program that will print everything before the user hits the enter button.

"scanf()" will not work for this purpose (without some trickery) because it will stop reading at the first white space. Also, if you aren't supposed to use "fgets()", I imagine that "scanf()" would also not be allowed.

I'll ask one more time: Have you covered dynamic memory allocation?