fgets question

Hi all;


If i have the following:

Code:

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typedef struct {
        char firstname[10];
        char surname[10];
        int age;
}database;

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and i want to take in values for firstname and surname and age like this:

Code:

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for(int i=0; i<5;i++)
{
      fgets(ptr[i]->firstname, sizeof(ptr[i]->firstname), stdin);
      printf("\nEnter the surname");
      fgets(ptr[i]->surname, sizeof(ptr[i]->surname), stdin);
      printf("Enter the age");
        scanf("%d",&ptr[i]->age);
}

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There is some code above missing, ie mallocs etc.

The scanf causes the firstname to be skip on the next round of the loop.
What can i use instead of scanf to solve the problem, i know its to with scanf not taking spaces, so firstname takes the space and thats why its blank


Any ideas?

Thanks

scanf() doesn't read the newline, so the fgets() reads the newline. Search this forum for "scanf buffer" and you'll find tons of hits.

Didnt find much on it, could you post us a link?

Didn't find much? I got 20 pages of hits for that argument.

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...tml#post881785

So for my struct example i have an array for my int so i can use fgets on it?

Its ok i solved it, ignore stupid comment by me above

Thanks