Re: i need help about Turbo C

sarathy wrote:
use
scanf ("%[^\n]",name);
scanf ("%[^\n]",address);

Now your name and address can contain any number of spaces..

%[^\n] is good advice, but you should also include a number to limit the number of characters it will attempt to read and put in the array.

Otherwise if the user inputs a line that is too long, it will overflow the array and cause undefined behaviour - something bad might happen.

For example:

char name[128];
scanf("%127[^\n]", name);

Note how the number is one less than the size of the array, to allow for the null character to be stored.

--
Simon.
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