if i create a struct with various char arrays in it and later call to one particular array using the gets function for example the variable s of the struct Robert which contains people's first and last names each up to 30 characters long (fname[30] and lname[30]) and call it using gets(s-> fname, 25) is the 25 an instanciation or a call to the 26th char of the array? sorry if it's obvious, i'm new at c
First of all, the gets() function only takes one parameter - not two. Second of all, you should never use the gets function, use fgets() instead. The fgets prototype looks like:
char * fgets (char * string , int num , FILE * stream);
You can read more about the function here.
i only put in two parameters because that's what was in the program in front of me which supposedly worked but thanx for trying and if you do find the answer i'd love to know
> that's what was in the program in front of me which supposedly worked
How about posting the program then.
Posting random snippets from the program which you do not understand, then expecting us to guess the rest and provide you with an answer just isn't going to happen.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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