Here’s the statement:
int i;
scanf("%d ",&i);
Why does the space at the end of the format string causes scanf to accept two inputs instead of 1?
Here’s the statement: int i; scanf(%d ,&i); Why does the space at the end
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Here’s the statement:
int i;
scanf("%d ",&i);
Why does the space at the end of the format string causes scanf to accept two inputs instead of 1?
The space at the end of the format string tells scanf to eat whitespace after the first integer. It’s not actually accepting a second input. When you do enter a second value, scanf sees that the whitespace is finished it returns, storing the first integer into your variable i. The “second input” is still in the standard input stream.