Thread: String input problem, gets

hey, i'm having a problem with my input function. i've had the problem before.. but i dont remember what the solution is. for some reason, when my program hits the gets input it goes straight through it.. so how do i make this work? here's my code for this function:

Code:

void encrypt_text(int random_number, char *key)
{
     char text[255];
     char *pt;
     int stringlength, counter;
     
     if (random_number == 70) { --random_number; }
     
     /* user input of string to be encrypted */
     printf("\n\nEnter your text: ");
     if ((pt = gets(text)) == NULL)
     {
          printf("\nError on input.\n");
     }
     
     /* find length of string entered */
     stringlength = strlen(text);

     /* find string length for loop */
     counter = 0;
     do {
           text[counter] = text[counter]^key[random_number];
           printf("%c", text[counter]);
           ++counter;
     } while (counter <= stringlength);
}