Help, scanf isn't waiting for user input

In my main function i have a scanf that should wait for user input, but instead the program just ends, this is the last bit of my main function.

Code:

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printf("Would you like to focus on a specific player(y or n): ");
                if(scanf("%s",answer)==1) {
                        if(strcmp(answer,"y")==0|strcmp(answer,"yes")==0) {
                                printf("Player Slot Number: ");
                                if((scanf("%d", &slot)==1)&&(slot<=10)&&(slot>=1)) {
                                        printf("Check clicks until(mm:ss): ");
                                        if(scanf("%2d:%2d",&minutes,&seconds)==2) {
                                        c = check_clicks(argv[1],heroes,players,hero_names,minutes,
                                                                seconds,slot);
                                        }
                                        else if(scanf("%s",all)==1) {
                                                if(strcmp(all,"all")==0) {
                                                        minutes = 99;
                                                        seconds = 99;
                                                        c = check_clicks(argv[1],heroes,players,hero_names,minutes,
                                                                seconds,slot);
                                                }
                                        }
                                        else {
                                                minutes = 2;
                                                seconds = 15;
                                                c = check_clicks(argv[1],heroes,players,hero_names,minutes,
                                                                seconds,slot);
                                        }
                                        printf("%d enemy clicks were detected before %02d:%02d replay time\n",c,minutes,seconds);
                                }
                        }
                }
    }
    return 0
}

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I have a scanf earlier on in the main function and its

Code:

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if(scanf("%2d:%2d",&minutes,&seconds)==2) {
                c = check_clicks(argv[1],heroes,players,hero_names,minutes,
                                        seconds,0);
                }

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and that works fine, it waits for user input.

Any help much appreciated.

Hmm, as far as I know, scanf() can behave this way only in occasions when there are remaining data in the input buffer, such as this example:

Quote:

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int a;
char b;
scanf("%d", &a);
scanf("%c", &b);

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Here newline with which you end your input comes to the second scanf() immediately and it overall looks like there was only one scanf().
To fix this issue, you can try to manually clear the buffer this way:

Code:

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while (getchar() != '\n')
  continue;

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A simple way is to just get in the habit of putting a
getchar();

after scanf() lines. You don't need it for numbers, but it doesn't hurt. You DO need it before %c for a char.

Otherwise, the scanf() takes the char, says "Got what I came here for", and takes off, seeming for all the world, to have skipped over the line of code, somehow.

>A simple way is to just get in the habit of putting a getchar();
A single getchar() wouldn't help you much in situations when user types something like '23dsadg'.
That's why it's always better to make a suggested loop instead.

nvm that, it works now, thanks for your help.

>I tried the loop you suggested sam, but it didn't work.
Post here the particular part of code you tried. The loop should've been inserted between any two scanf() statements.

Also using a bitwise operator '|'
>strcmp(answer,"y")==0|strcmp(answer,"yes")==0
instead a logical '||' is asking for trouble.