scanf doesn´t reads spaces ???

DebianJ · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2005

hi all

i have a program in C (Unix Solaris 5.7) and i want to read a string from keyboard, but the "scanf" doesn´t reads spaces.
example:

....
char name[50];
....

printf("Enter your name: ");
scanf("%s",&name);
printf ("Your name is: %s", name);

and if i write Kevin Costner
the program only reads Kevin (that is what shows in the screen)

what can i do?
please help me...
thanks....

jona

bhargav · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2005

That is how ssanf works.

Use 'gets' instead.

devesh · #3 (**permalink**) 05-31-2005

give input in quotes"" for example "Kevin Costner"

blowtorch · #4 (**permalink**) 05-31-2005

Quote:

bhargav: That is how ssanf works.
Use 'gets' instead.

Never use gets... use fgets instead.

ramkumar_gr · #5 (**permalink**) 05-31-2005

You can use scanset operator [] for this.

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