Question

Is there a C function that does the same as raw_input in Python?

#in Python::
x = raw_input("Message Here:")

How can I write something like that in C?

Update::

I make this, but i get an error ::

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include "stdlib.h"

typedef char * string;

int raw_input(string msg);
string s;
string *d;

main(){
raw_input("Hello, Enter Your Name: ");
d = &s;
printf("Your Name Is: %s", s);

}

int raw_input(string msg){
string name;
printf("%s", msg);
scanf("%s", &name);
*d = name;
return 0;
}

and the error is that program run and print the msg, and take what user type by scanf, but then it hangs and exit.. ??

Answer 1

You can write one pretty easily, but you’ll want to be careful about buffer overflows:

void raw_input(char *prompt, char *buffer, size_t length)
{
    printf("%s", prompt);
    fflush(stdout);
    fgets(buffer, length, stdin)
}

Then use it like this:

char x[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH];
raw_input("Message Here:", x, sizeof x);

You may want to add some error checking, and so on.