When I try to save a string lets say a 20 char sting, and lets say I use scanf to get the string and I type in "John Smith" then I printf the strong, why does it only print until the space? (it only prints this "John").. any answers/ ideas on how to prints strings the user inputs that include spaces?
scanf is a "bad function" for user input.
fgets() is a much better function to base user input from for several reasons, the main one being that fgets() is "safe" (it doesn't overflow the input buffer).
Once you have read the string in, you may need to parse the string with something like sscanf() or manual parsing.
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Mats
that doesn't really help me? your saying if I use fgets instead of scanf() then it will save the space bar stuff.. and what is sscanf() I see people using it, but what is it?
Does your computer not have a help/man page for the C functions? Try google "man sscanf" perhaps?
Likewise "man fgets"
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Mats
well I know what fgets does and I read about sscanf on google.. but it confused the hell outa me so... for now if there isn't another way... I guess I am stuck.. how stupid is that tho. to not make it to where is can scan and print spaces...
fgets() does help, but not for that reason. As you have noticed the *scanf() family extracts only a word with %s, fgets() reads until it hits a newline/EOF/buffer runs out.
haha I just tryed gets() and it works.. hahaha
And thanks, i didn't know it only takes one word
No no, not gets. fgets.haha I just tryed gets() and it works
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> haha I just tryed gets() and it works
That's like saying "I played a round of Russian Roulette". Keep doing it, and it will end badly.
Use fgets() and read the FAQ.
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