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From: Broeker AT PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: fflush(stdin) : does it works ?
Date: 3 Jun 1996 13:48:41 GMT
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Dominique Micollet (dmicolet AT u-bourgogne DOT fr) wrote:
> I used to get a string with the following :


> {
> char One_String[80];
> ...
> scanf("%[^\n]",One_String);fflush(stdin);
> ...
> }

> The %[^\n] allows to catch any character excepted the new line and then to
> get strings with blanks, tabs and so on inside them.
> The fflush(stdin) is there to trash the new line, else the next scanf of a
> string does not works.

As others have already pointed out, fflush(stdin) will cause what
ANSI C calls 'undefined behaviour' (read the comp.lang.c FAQ about
the possible meanings of this term, if you haven't done so yet...).

For the present task, I think the correct solution would be this:
(caution: untested guess!)

scanf ("%[^\n]%*1[\n]", One_String);

The '%*1[\n]' should read exactly one newline, without storing it
anywhere. Another alternative might be:

scanf ("%[^\n]%*1c", One_String);

Hans-Bernhard Broeker (Aachen, Germany)