Strange problem

[money?]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	char name[10], pet[20];

	scanf( "%s", name );
	printf( "Hello %s!\n", name );

	gets( pet );
	puts( pet );

	return 0;
}

Why the the gets statement doesn't work? Even if i change it with fgets( pet, sizeof( pet ), stdin ); it still doesn't work.
It's so strange...

Thanks in advance

[can't log]

It's possible that gets() reads the stdin buffer, before you even get the chance to press anything. So do some error checking on gets() and puts().

[money?]

I think i understand you. I made some changes, here are the results which are strange and i would like some explanaions if you don't mind:

if i write:

scanf( "%s ",name ); // note the space

gets does work, but before the printf statement. It asks me to type the string of name[], then the string to pet[] and then it prints back the name and then the pet. However i thought it should first print the name, then ask for pet and the print the pet. Why?

if i write:

scanf( "%s", name );
getchar();

I works perfectly. However i think that the results should be the same with what i wrote above. Why it works fine now but not and before? If i write fflush(stdin) instead of getchar() it will also work fine. But why. Fflush won't flush the variable name?

If i write:

scanf( "%s", name );
printf( "Hello %s!\n", name );
getchar()
gets( pet );
puts( pet );

It works fine and i understand why,

And instead of that getchar() if i write fflush( stdin ), it will also work fine.

Can you tell me why it works like that in my first 2 if conditions?
Thanks.

[money?]

Hmmmmm.... ok. Many thanks.
You'r code is perfect, but for just a so little code i don't prefer it.
But there aren't any other solutions, are they?. Here i think that C disadvantages. What do you think?

Many thanks again.

[WaltP]

Originally posted by money?
But there aren't any other solutions, are they?. Here i think that C disadvantages. What do you think?

Many thanks again.

The easiest solution in your original code is to change the scanf() to fgets() since scanf does not play nice with your later input.

Also change the gets() to fgets() because gets is a disaster waiting to happen.

And if the print does not happen when you think it should, add the fflush(stdout) where necessary