C-programming

[Rajesh Undre]

I Have tiped program as given below

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
    int age;
    char sex,ms;                        
    printf("enter age=");
    scanf("%d",&age);
    printf("enter sex=");
    scanf("%c",&sex);
    printf("enter marital status=");
    scanf("%c",&ms);
    getch();
    return 0;
}

Sir,
I am Kanchan Undre,from Belgaum(karnataka state),I have typed the above program in
visual studio 2008 express edition and also in Turbo c,when i execute the said program
the first printf() fuction outputs the message "enter age=" and after supplying the value to
it the second and third printf() functions output the message together as
"enter sex=enter marital status="instead of second printf() function ("enter sex=").
why does the second printf() combines with the third printf() output the message together?

[weaknessforcats]

When you enter the age the number goes into your variable but te \n (enter key) does not. That's becuase scanf stops when it sees a character that can't be part of your variable. It stops and leaves that character in the input stream.

Then the ext scanf sees the \n and it stops adn so on.

You will need to fetch the \n before you so the next scanf. Usually a getc into a scratch variable is used.