stop scanf consming whitespace

hi,

im doing an assignment and im only allowed to use scanf, otherwise i would use fgets etc

is there a way i can stop scanf from consuming whitespace?

thanks

Depends on what format you're using. Any numeric format (%d, %f) will consume whitespace while looking for a number, no matter what. %s will skip whitespace at the start. %c won't.

fair enough, their in %d.

hmmm maybe if i use %c and convert back to numbers