fgets() does not work properly

Hi! I know this has been raised so many times. But no recommendations from the previous questions worked for me...

I have 2 fgets() in a row:

Code:

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printf("Please enter title:");
// Making sure we don't have newline character in the buffer
while (getchar() != '\n');
fgets(title, sizeof(title), stdin);

//Getting rid of newline character in the end
temp_len = strlen(title);
if (title[temp_len - 1] == '\n') {
  title[temp_len - 1] = 0;
}

printf("title: |%s|", title);

printf("Please enter author:");

// Making sure we don't have newline character in the buffer
while (getchar() != '\n');
fgets(title, sizeof(authors), stdin);

//Getting rid of newline character in the end
temp_len = strlen(authors);
if (authors[temp_len - 1] == '\n') {
  authors[temp_len - 1] = 0;
}

printf("authors: |%s|", authors);

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If this matters, this all happens in a switch.
And here are the declaratiosn:

Code:

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char title[100];
har authors[100];

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I have also tried fflush(stdin), but the result was the same:
It lets me enter my string, but when I press ENTER it add newline but still requires me to press ENTER again and then it stops, as a result: empty string...

Thank you!

This is the problem:

Code:

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// Making sure we don't have newline character in the buffer
while (getchar() != '\n');

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fgets reads and stores the newline read (if there is space for it), so unless the line was too long (i.e., there is no newline stored), you should not be trying to remove the newline from the input buffer.

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