Thread: Scanf Issue with Segmented input(?)

I tested with this program:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int init_month;
    int init_day;
    int init_year;
    int init_hour;
    int init_minute;
    int fin_month;
    int fin_day;
    int fin_year;
    int final_hour;
    int final_minute;

    printf ("Enter initial date: ");
    scanf("%d/%d/%d", &init_month, &init_day, &init_year);
    printf ("Enter initial time: ");
    scanf ("%d:%d", &init_hour, &init_minute);

    printf ("Enter return date: ");
    scanf("%d/%d/%d", &fin_month, &fin_day, &fin_year);
    printf ("Enter return time: ");
    scanf ("%d:%d", &final_hour, &final_minute);

    printf("printf immediately following the last scanf\n");

    return 0;
}

But with expected input, the printf immediately following the last scanf was executed.

Therefore, I suggest that you post the smallest and simplest compilable program that demonstrates the problem.

Essentially what I wrote up top is the fastest return of error I could muster. If I close the program immediately after any input or printf it works fine. It's when the code is introduced to the rest to the program that's when the infinite input scenario exists. As long as an if statement succeeds the displayed code, the input is stuck, essentially. Even when I introduce code between the input and the if statement. Hope that helps. I've seeded the rest of the code with periodic printfs between logic, but this is where it fails.

Originally Posted by capitalCORN

Essentially what I wrote up top is the fastest return of error I could muster. If I close the program immediately after any input or printf it works fine. It's when the code is introduced to the rest to the program that's when the infinite input scenario exists. As long as an if statement succeeds the displayed code, the input is stuck, essentially. Even when I introduce code between the input and the if statement. Hope that helps. I've seeded the rest of the code with periodic printfs between logic, but this is where it fails.

Compile and run the program that I posted. It demonstrates that you are mistaken, i.e., the problem probably lies in code that you did not show, or only showed a part from which we can deduce nothing useful. This is why I suggest that you post the smallest and simplest compilable program that demonstrates the problem.