Noob needs help.

[radzio]

Hi guys, I'm currently teaching myself c via 'Sams Teach yourself C Programming in one hour a day'(Seventh Edition). I'm not sure if this is an error in the book or I'm typing something wrong but for some reason this code will not compile, and shows an error "'too few arguments to function 'fgets'"

What would be the proper way to write this code? Thanks for the help.

  /* ex02-05.c */
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <string.h>
  int main(void)
  {
      char buffer[256];

      printf( "Enter your name and press <Enter>:\n");
      fgets( buffer );

      printf( "\nYour name has %d characters and spaces!",
                       strlen( buffer ));

     return 0;
 }

[camel-man]

fgets() - C Library Function Example

[nonoob]

Probably should be gets().

[laserlight]

I suggest that you ignore nonoob's suggestion as gets is not a proper way to fix the problem you are facing since it introduces a nearly insurmountable problem of its own, i.e., it renders your code vulnerable to buffer overflow. Rather, take a look at the link that camel-man provided and thereby change how you call fgets.