How to handle space in scanf?

sahel · 01-08-2006, 02:11 AM

How can i handle space in scanf?
ex i have this:
if((t=open(fdname,O_WRONLY)) == -1)
{
printf("error\n");
goto test1;
}

printf("Enter your recipiant:\n");
scanf("%s",&z);

write(t,z,strlen(z));
but when i want to read from this pipe , the read content is different from what i have written
thnaks

randyding · 01-08-2006, 02:39 AM

First problem, your second argument to scanf should be just z instead of &z.
Second, don't use scanf() to read user input from stdin. Use fgets() instead.
fgets will properly check for buffer overflow and also read until enter key pressed and process spaces properly.

Code:

char z[256];
fgets(z,sizeof(z),stdin);