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thanks for link

So stdin is referring to the input buffer. I am not reading the string from a file, but rather the user types it in.

will I have to flush the buffer after the user goes through the "scanf" for a...

would this be better, replace the


gets(str);

with


fgets(str, SIZE, stdin);

I have a question in regards to scanning in a character array with spaces for a project im working on for an introductory class in C programming.

I know that I cant use the scanf function becasue...

thanks again, Im new to C so im not very good

Zack

thank you Scribbler, what you suggested worked really well. I just need to figure out how to clear the buffer before inputs now.

Zack

int fflush(FILE *ostream);

Should I worry about clearing the buffer in this program. I read the FAQ. How do you clear keyboard input from buffer?

thanks,
Zack

Doesn't that just clear the buffer memory?

Zack

Thanks,
Im going to look in my C book and see if I can figure out how to do that.

Zack

In my introductory C class I wrote a program that takes two points on the earths surface and calculates the arc distance between them. I finished up the projects, except that I have one question on...