From:	peleg79593 AT aol DOT com (Peleg79593)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	gets
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Date:	24 May 1998 04:33:25 GMT
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

Okay, so I want to use

gets(x);

instead of scanf in a bunch of input functions. So I replace all the scanfs.
But, then, the program just skips past the gets(x) without accepting any input
as though there were something still in the buffer.  So I add fflush(stdin)
before and after all of my buffered inputs.  Same problem.  So, then, I put:

gets(trash);

before every 

gets(x);

and, voila, it works.  What gives here?  Am I doing something wrong, or is this
an acceptable way to clear the buffer?  

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