Thread: help reading from stdin

Hi.
I want to read several words from stdin (save them in string) and then process this string.
The problem is that my code works for the first time but when i finish processing i cannot read a new string from stdin, it enters in an infinite loop, printing Request.

Code:

while(1) { 
        printf("\nRequest\n>"); 
        
        if(fgets(string, sizeof(string), stdin)!=NULL) { 
                sscanf(string,"%s",comand); 
                type = validateComand(comand); 

                  if(type == 0) 
                        continue; /* invalid type */ 

                   ptr = &string[strlen(comand)+1]; 

                         if ((aux = strchr(string, '\n')) != NULL) /* Remove \n */ 
                                   *aux = '\0'; process(ptr,type); 
                    } 
               } 
}

Originally Posted by vart

but you asked for an infinite loop (while(1))...

So the program is doing just what you asked for.

in the loop it
1. prints Request
2. reads the line from the input (works fine by me by the way)
3. parses the string (haven't tested this part - hope you know what you're doing)
4. executes some actions according to the command type (or no action if the command is unknown)
5. returns to the beggining of the loop

So what's the problem?

The problem is that the function is printing request in an infinite loop and don let me write the string, here is an example of what is happening:

Code:

Request:
> GET user2:4 user1:5

(the program execute and retunrs output)

Request:
>

Request:
>

...

It let me write the firsty request but then i cannot write anymore, the program is oriting request in an infinite loop.

I can't find anything incriminating with your code. What compiler are you using?

The problem was with another function, called in that piece of code (it works now).
Thanks for all the help.