Hello All,
I was wondering which function I would use to accept a line of characters from a user (including spaces) and assign it into an array.
I tried scanf but it terminates when it reads a space. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Ross
Hello All,
I was wondering which function I would use to accept a line of characters from a user (including spaces) and assign it into an array.
I tried scanf but it terminates when it reads a space. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Ross
try
Code:char line[80]; scanf("%[^\n]",line);
How about not. The above is nothing but trouble. So let's stick to fgets where fgets excels and leave scanf to the careful or daring.try
Code:char line[80]; scanf("%[^\n]",line);
My best code is written with the delete key.
scanf() is just a primitive way to get input. If he does not want to get into a complicated fgets() the he doesnt have to. scanf() works fin for me when doing simple things.
--Seph
>scanf() is just a primitive way to get input.
You're turned around, scanf is a very sophisticated function that is not well suited to interactive input.
>If he does not want to get into a complicated fgets()
Maybe I'm just crazy, but which of the following is easier to understand?
Code:scanf ( "%[^\n]", buffer );Which one is easier to check for correctness?Code:fgets ( buffer, sizeof buffer, stdin );
>works fin for me when doing simple things
How do you define simple things? I use scanf when I'm lazy and not writing production code, but only because it makes for convenient numeric conversions and I have to be very careful to do it right. But for any real code I avoid scanf like the plague because it's just too risky and too awkward.
My best code is written with the delete key.
