fork() problems

From: shellcode (shellcode_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 23:26:50 -0600

the code:
------fork.c------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main()
{
        pid_t forkval;
        int rv, exitcode;

        forkval=fork();
        switch(forkval)
        {
                case -1:
                        perror("fork");
                        exit(1);
                case 0:
                        printf("CHILD: This is the child process!!\n");
                        printf("CHILD: My PID is: %d\n", getpid());
                        printf("CHILD: My parent's PID is: %d\n", getppid());
                        printf("CHILD: Enter my exit code: ");
                        scanf("%d", &exitcode);
                        printf("CHILD: Exiting with exitcode.. %d\n", exitcode);
                        exit(exitcode);
                default:
                        printf("PARENT: This is the parent process!!\n");
                        printf("PARENT: My PID is: %d\n", getpid());
                        printf("PARENT: My child's PID is: %d\n", forkval);
                        printf("PARENT: Waiting for child to exit....\n");
                        wait(&rv);
                        printf("PARENT: Child died!! Exit code: %d\n",
WEXITSTATUS(rv));
                        printf("PARENT: Exiting....\n");
                        break;
        }
        return 0;
}
------fork.c------

the compilation: gcc -Wall -o fork fork.c

the results:
$ ./fork
CHILD: This is the child process!!
CHILD: My PID is: 1557
CHILD: My parent's PID is: 1556
CHILD: Enter my exit code: PARENT: This is the parent process!!
PARENT: My PID is: 1556
PARENT: My child's PID is: 1557
PARENT: Waiting for child to exit....

im a bit confused at this point. i've looked over the code and the man
pages and i really think i did it right, yet for some reason the CHILD
gets executed before the parent and i'm never given a chance to enter
the exitcode. thank's for help.

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