Question

hi I am having problems using scanf when reading two strings with spaces consecutively

char name[50] = {0};
char address[100] = {0};
char name1[50] = {0};
char address1[100] = {0};
int size = 0;
//input = fopen("/dev/tty","r+");
//output = fopen("/dev/tty","w");
printf("\nenter the name:");
scanf("%[^\n]s",name);
//fgets(name,sizeof(name),input); // this works fine
printf("\nenter the address:");
scanf("%[^\n]s",address);
//fgets(address,sizeof(address),input); // this works fine

the input for address is not taken at all.. maybe it takes the return key as an input?

Answer 1

The newline ('\n') character is still on the input stream after the first scanf call, so the second scanf call sees it immediately, and immediately stops reading.

I notice that you mention fgets in comments – why not use that ? It does what you want to do quite well.