While and fgets

[Nezhate]

Hi all,
I've not written c code for many times a go, and now I can't
understand why this occur when executing the next program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char line[100];
char s;

int begins(char string1[], char string2)
{
char answer[6];
if (string1[0]==string2)
{
strcpy(answer,"True");
printf ("%s, %s begins with %c\n",answer,string1,string2);
}
else
{
strcpy(answer,"False");
printf("%s, %s do not begin with %c\n",answer,string1,string2);
}
return(0);
}

int main ()
{
// program to test begins function
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0'; // To trim :remove the character
'\0'added by fgets
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
scanf("%c",&s);
begins(line,s);
}
exit(0);
}
When executing first time all is good but in the second time I can't
enter a new line
$ ./exo_9_2
Enter a new line:
This line begins with T
Enter the character you wish!
T
True, This line begins with T begins with T
Enter a new line:
Enter the character you wish!

[kooladi]

Have you tried reading the C-Faq.

http://c-faq.com/stdio/scanfinterlace.html
http://c-faq.com/stdio/scanfc.html

Btw, what are you trying to achieve my copying "True" or "False" into
answer. You could directly use them inside the printf

Regards,
Adi

[Nezhate]

Hi Adi,
The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was debugging,
so I must use strcpy.

[Nezhate]

On Apr 23, 7:39 am, Nezhate <[e-mail]:

Hi Adi,
The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was debugging,
so I must use strcpy.

Hi again,
problem solved: to get while loop work fine, I removed the scanf.
int main ()
{
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0';
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
fgets(character,sizeof(character),stdin);
character[strlen(character)-1]='\0';
begins(line,character[0]);
}
exit(0);
}

Adi, Thanks for lnks!

[Nezhate]

On Apr 23, 7:39 am, Nezhate <[e-mail]:

Hi Adi,
The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was debugging,
so I must use strcpy.

Hi again,
problem solved: to get while loop work fine, I removed the scanf.
int main ()
{
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0';
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
fgets(character,sizeof(character),stdin);
character[strlen(character)-1]='\0';
begins(line,character[0]);
}
exit(0);
}

Adi, Thanks for lnks!

[Nezhate]

On Apr 23, 7:39 am, Nezhate <[e-mail]:

Hi Adi,
The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was debugging,
so I must use strcpy.

Hi again,
problem solved: to get while loop work fine, I removed the scanf.
int main ()
{
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0';
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
fgets(character,sizeof(character),stdin);
character[strlen(character)-1]='\0';
begins(line,character[0]);
}
exit(0);
}

Adi, Thanks for lnks!

[Nezhate]

On Apr 23, 7:39 am, Nezhate <[e-mail]:

Hi Adi,
The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was debugging,
so I must use strcpy.

Hi again,
problem solved: to get while loop work fine, I removed the scanf.
int main ()
{
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0';
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
fgets(character,sizeof(character),stdin);
character[strlen(character)-1]='\0';
begins(line,character[0]);
}
exit(0);
}

Adi, Thanks for lnks!

[CBFalconer]

Nezhate wrote:

Nezhate <[e-mail]:

>The printf isn't a part of program, I added it when I was
debugging, so I must use strcpy.

problem solved: to get while loop work fine, I removed the scanf.
int main ()
{
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0';
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
fgets(character,sizeof(character),stdin);
character[strlen(character)-1]='\0';
begins(line,character[0]);
}
exit(0);
}

But why 4 posts of the identical message, spread over about 1
hour? Usenet is not an instantaneous transmission mechanism.

--
[mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
[page]: <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
Try the download section.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

[Nezhate]

sorry, but It was an error.

[Barry Schwarz]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:14:16 -0700 (PDT), Nezhate
<ma************@gmail.comwrote:

>Hi all,
I've not written c code for many times a go, and now I can't
understand why this occur when executing the next program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char line[100];
char s;

int begins(char string1[], char string2)
{
char answer[6];
if (string1[0]==string2)
{
strcpy(answer,"True");
printf ("%s, %s begins with %c\n",answer,string1,string2);
}
else
{
strcpy(answer,"False");
printf("%s, %s do not begin with %c\n",answer,string1,string2);
}
return(0);
}

int main ()
{
// program to test begins function
while(1)
{
printf ("Enter a new line:\n");
fgets(line,sizeof(line),stdin);
line[strlen(line)-1]='\0'; // To trim :remove the character
'\0'added by fgets
printf("Enter the character you wish!\n");
scanf("%c",&s);

When you entered your input for this line, exactly how many keys did
you press? How many key presses did the scanf process? What do you
think happened to the excess?

See also question 12.18a and b of the faq at www.c-faq.com

begins(line,s);
}
exit(0);
}
When executing first time all is good but in the second time I can't
enter a new line
$ ./exo_9_2
Enter a new line:
This line begins with T
Enter the character you wish!
T
True, This line begins with T begins with T
Enter a new line:
Enter the character you wish!

Remove del for email