Is there a way to skip the ENTER newline character when using multiple scanf statements?

Asked Aug 25 '17 at 16:16

Active Aug 25 '17 at 16:28

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Take the snippet below:

int main()
{
    int a;
    char c;
    scanf("%d",&a);
    scanf("%c",&c);
    printf("%d%c",a,c);
    return 0;
}

And lets say your inputs are 5 and a. The out put of the printf statement will be 5 followed by a newline, rather than the 'a'. I know this is because the scanf function treats the ENTER as a character, and that 'a' is really the third item in the queue, but is there a way to skip the ENTER without resorting to using an additional scanf statement?

edited Aug 25 '17 at 16:28

melpomene

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asked Aug 25 '17 at 16:16

Daniel

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Ditto. And read the docs about functions you are using. They have everything. – Eugene Sh. Aug 25 '17 at 16:19
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See: https://stackoverflow.com/q/5240789/1275169 Better yet, avoid scanf and use fgets or similar functions. – P.P Aug 25 '17 at 16:20
Thank you. I also noticed my question was a duplicate. – Daniel Aug 25 '17 at 16:25

Is there a way to skip the ENTER newline character when using multiple scanf statements?

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