Thread: need help with basics!

I have just begun C programming half an hour ago and have gotten a problem already.

After the introductory tutorial here I tried writing the simple code that just returns the number that has been input ("Enter your number" ---- "Your number was :"), but keep getting just a single number.

If I choose the variables to be integers I keep getting -36 as the output number all the time, and if the variables are made to be floating point numbers the output remains -38 all the time.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int number;

printf("Enter your number:\n");
scanf("%d", &number);

printf("Your number was %d", &number);

getchar();

}

I did it just the way in the tutorials.

Thanks! That worked!

This programming thing is decent deal you know.

This thing messed up again. What's wrong with this program now?

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
int a=0;
int b=0;

printf("Enter two numbers \n");
scanf("%d,%d",&a,&b);

printf("Your numbers are %d,%d",a,b);

getchar();

}

The first number comes ou alright but the second one always remains zero. I think something's wrong with the scanf statement.

get rid of the comma i.e

scanf("%d,%d",&a,&b);

should be

scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);

On similar lines...

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{
int a;
int b;

printf("Enter two numbers\n");
scanf("%d,%d",&a,&b);

printf("Your numbers are %d,%d",a,b);
getchar();

}

NOTE that I haven't put in 'int a=0' and 'int b=0' in this case.
This code gives the first number correctly but the second number is always 187 (this must be some sort of a place value of the stored data).

Thanks man. That is working.

printf("Enter two numbers separated by a comma\n");
scanf("%d,%d",&a,&b);

printf("Enter two numbers separated by a colon\n");
scanf("%d:%d",&a,&b);

printf("Enter two numbers separated by a space\n");
scanf("%d %d",&a,&b);