How to save a string with white spaces on an array

[HaifaCarina]

I want to save and print a full name in one array. The program would look like this:

Enter your full name: Mary Smith

Your full name is Mary Smith.

but I don't know how. what i did was i made two arrays. the first array was for the first name and the second array was for the last name. So the program would look like this already..

Enter your first name: Mary
Enter your last name: Smith

Your full name is: Mary Smith

but the problem would occur when writing the first name, for example:

Enter your first name: Mary Grace
Enter your last name: Your full name is Mary Grace.

The second and third line would print suddenly. And this is not how i want my program to be..

My source code of my program looks like this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
   unsigned a[10],b[10];
 
   printf("Enter your first name: ");
   scanf("%s",a);
 
   printf("Enter your last name: ");
   scanf("%s",b);
 
   printf("%s",a);
   printf(" ");
   printf("%s",b);
 
   return 0;
}
 

please help me...

[kreagan]

I want to save and print a full name in one array. The program would look like this:

Enter your full name: Mary Smith

Your full name is Mary Smith.

but I don't know how. what i did was i made two arrays. the first array was for the first name and the second array was for the last name. So the program would look like this already..

Enter your first name: Mary
Enter your last name: Smith

Your full name is: Mary Smith

but the problem would occur when writing the first name, for example:

Enter your first name: Mary Grace
Enter your last name: Your full name is Mary Grace.

The second and third line would print suddenly. And this is not how i want my program to be..

My source code of my program looks like this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
   unsigned a[10],b[10];
 
   printf("Enter your first name: ");
   scanf("%s",a);
}
 

please help me...

I didn't get the error you described. However, scanf("%s",a); did produce an error since a is not a string but an unsigned. (unsigned what? I don't know). When I changed that, the program ran how I expected it to run.

So I'm kind of confused what problem you are having.

[kreagan]

Enter your first name: Mary
Enter your last name: Smith

Your full name is: Mary Smith

but the problem would occur when writing the first name, for example:

Enter your first name: Mary Grace
Enter your last name: Your full name is Mary Grace.

The second and third line would print suddenly. And this is not how i want my program to be..

I duplicated your problem. You entered "Mary Grace". With scanf, the delimitor is a space. Therefore a is assigned Mary. When the second scanf is commanded, b then is assigned Grace without waiting for another user's input.

If you don't want to assume that the user's names are 1 word, use a while loop and break when your input is a return character.

[buging]

here's the solution

just instead of 'scanf ()' function use the 'gets()' to get the full name with sapces
and use the 'puts()' function instead of printf();

format for gets()

gets(arr name);

ex: gets(name)

puts(arr name);

ex: puts(name);