Porblem with Scanf

[datainjector]

 #include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) 
{
    int Ivar;
    
    
    printf( "Enter:" );
    scanf( "%c", &Ivar ) ;
    
    while ( Ivar !=  EOF )
    {    
         
      printf( "\nValue == %d\n", Ivar );
      printf ( "ANSI = %d, Char = %c", Ivar, Ivar );
      
      printf( "\nEnter:" );
      scanf(  "%c" , &Ivar );
     
   }       
    
    system( "pause" );
    return 0;
    
}

The output of the Code is
Enter:s

Value == 115
ANSI = 115, Char = s
Enter:
Value == 10
ANSI = 10, Char =

Enter:

This is what it prints out . The First sanf works fine . It does what I want it to do . it disoklays the ANSI Value of the Character I typed in . But the scanf in the loop executes without halting for an Input ?

I would like to know why and how is this problem occurring . Is this a Inheret C problem ?

Thanks

[MacGyver]

When you typed in "s", the string is actually read like this (minus any '\0' chars):

's', '\n'

So when you asked for a char in the first scanf() it read the 's', but it left the '\n' alone inside a special buffer.

When the second scanf() executed, this is what the buffer looked like:

'\n'

So it tries to read from the buffer. There's already a '\n' there, so instead of asking you for more input, it just takes it as a character.

To work around this, you could just read an extra char and it will read off the '\n' char and then read another one from you.

In reality, scanf() does not handle input as gracefully as it could.

[datainjector]

Yes . Now I included a a while loop that would throw away all the buffered data .

while( getchar() != '\n' ) ;

Here is my new code

#include <stdio.h>

int main( void ) 
{
    int Ivar= 0;
    int Ivar1 ;
    char ch;
    
    printf( "Enter:" );
    
    
    while ( scanf(  "%c" , &Ivar ) != EOF )
    {    
      printf ( "ANSI = %d, Char = %c\n", Ivar, Ivar );
      printf( "Enter:" );
      
      while ( getchar() != '\n' ) ;
                 
   }       
    
    system( "pause" );
    return 0;
    
}

Now it isnt Executing unwated scanf's without my knowing but it dosnt End the Loop on EOF .

In reality, scanf() does not handle input as gracefully as it could.

Isnt there a compiler that knows how to handle scanf properly and not allow such things to happen ?

[quzah]

scanf is fine. It's you who doesn't know how to use it. The f in scanf means it wants its data formatted in a precise way. If your data isn't formatted that way, it's your fault. If you don't like how it works, use a different function for input.


Quzah.

[Salem]

> while ( scanf( "%c" , &Ivar ) != EOF )
The format and the variable do not match.

> but it dosnt End the Loop on EOF .
There are two places where the input is read, and only one of them checks for EOF.