Thread: How to store string enterd by user in c

How to store string entered by user like string = jen, sen,dnny, rema,clrb

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
 int i;
    char string [5];
 printf("Enter String");
 scanf("%s",&string);
 
 for(i=0; i<5; i++)
  
  {
   printf("Strings %s",string[i]);
  }
  return 0;
}

What's the wrong in program ?

FAQ > Get a line of text from the user/keyboard (C) - Cprogramming.com

Originally Posted by whiteflags

FAQ > Get a line of text from the user/keyboard (C) - Cprogramming.com

I have looked link you pointed but still I can't figure out what's wrong in my program. Can you help me with my program

Originally Posted by vead

I have looked link you pointed but still I can't figure out what's wrong in my program. Can you help me with my program

If the sort of string that you want to store really looks like this: "jen, sen,dnny, rema,clrb" then your approach is doomed to fail and you are better off following the advice of the article.

The problems are numerous, and all of them feel deliberate errors on your part.

1) string is declared as a char array of length 5. This means that, if it is used as a string, it will sufficiently store a single, 4-character long, '\0'-terminated word and that is it. Your input is dangerous because it is much longer.
2) scanf() is being called incorrectly with a &string argument, even though I'm sure you've been corrected on this in the past.
3) you are printing your one string like it was actually an array of strings