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What is the best way to scan in a string that HAS white spaces if I want the scan to stop once it finds a '\n' character. I need to do this both from regular user input, stdin, and from a file. Should I use scanf, fscanf, or fgets? If so, what is the syntax to make the string stop getting data after it finds a newline character?
Ive looked them up multiple times and everytime I try one, something ends up being wrong with the way I try to do it, so I come on here as ask what people think and they all give me different answers.. Some say use fgets, others say fgets is terrible or something...I'm just looking for a solid answer from someone who is experienced
It's gets that's "terrible". fgets is good because it takes a buffer size parameter. The only thing to note about it is that it leaves the newline in the string.
If only there was some sort of FAQ on this topic. FAQ > Get a line of text from the user/keyboard (C) - Cprogramming.com
Quzah.