Help needed.

[Denisius]

Why cant i get this code to work?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	char work;
	printf("Hello, does this program work?\n");
		work=getchar();
		if (work != 'yes')
		printf("That's too bad... ;)\n");
	else
		printf("Works! :D");
	system ("PAUSE");
}

[vart]

because 'yes' is not one char
work can store only 1 char 'y' for example...

Havn't you got any warnings from the compiler?

[Salem]

It never ceases to amaze me how people can make a mess of indenting even the shortest of programs

[Denisius]

So what should i use instead of "char"?

[vart]

So what should i use instead of "char"?

It depends on what do you want to achieve. Describe your goal.

[Happy_Reaper]

My guess is he'd want to use a char* and replace getchar() with fgets...

[Denisius]

It's ok, i solved the problem.

[ssharish2005]

And dont use

system ("PAUSE");

use getchar()

ssharish2005

[Denisius]

Why should'nt i use

system ("PAUSE");

?

[vart]

Why should'nt i use

system ("PAUSE");

?

I it not portable.
You have a portable solution that does the same. So why bother with the SYSTEM?

[Mario F.]

Also is insecure. Someone might feel like adding a pause.exe file to your folder which wipes out your hard drive. your system("pause") call will then execute this file instead of the pause command.