Multiple messages

This program works okay except it prints the same messages more than once for unmatched letter. Can anyone give a solution to this?The programs very easy....

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
    int tries = 0;
    char pass;
   
   
    for(tries = 0;tries<=5;tries++)

    {   
        printf("Enter a letter to pass");

      pass = getchar();
       
        if(pass == 'b')
        {printf("welcome aboard");
        break;}
        else
        {printf("try again \n");}
       
    }

    return 0;

}

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Perhaps add

Code:

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else if ( pass == '\n' ) {
  // ignore newlines
}

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I would change the getchar() line to
scanf(" %c",&pass);

Note the space before the %c - that will eliminate your troublesome newline, each time.

Well it removed one of the messages...but the first message "Enter a letter to pass" pops up twice as before...

I used scanf but the program stops by giving the message "This program has stopped working" message...