Re: gets() function generates strong warning message with gcc compiler

spibou@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

paytam@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

while((ch=getchar())!='\n')

You also need to check for EOF.

So you would need to declare ch as int rather than
char.

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