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user1068755
user1068755

Reputation: 11

Comparing char in a while loop

As long as the input is not x, the loop will continue to ask for the input and it prints out either A or B.

int main (void){

    char input;

    while( input != 'x'){

        printf("Enter Input:");

        scanf("%c", &input);

        if (input == 'a'){

            printf("A \n");
        }

        else{

            printf("B\n");
        }

   }

    return (0);
}

The problem is that everytime after i entered the input, it prints the output and it also prints out "Enter Input:B" in a new line no matter i entered a or b or anything else as input. Can anyone tell me how can i solve this problem, Thanks!

Here is what happened:

Enter Input:a

A

Enter Input:B /after the output it always prints this line, how can i get rid of it??/

Enter Input:a

A

Enter Input:B

Enter Input:b

B

Enter Input:B

Enter Input:b

Upvotes: 1

Views: 24377

Answers (3)

Lunar Mushrooms
Lunar Mushrooms

Reputation: 8948

The error is because the newline character is read from input.

You can refer to this one too : Why doesn't getchar() wait for me to press enter after scanf()?

Upvotes: 0

cnicutar
cnicutar

Reputation: 182649

In order to ignore newlines, the scanf should likely be:

scanf(" %c", &input);
       ^

Also you probably want to flush stdout right after that printf:

printf("Enter Input:");
fflush(stdout);

Upvotes: 4

KV Prajapati
KV Prajapati

Reputation: 94645

You need to eat a newline char:

scanf("%c", &input);
  while((ch=getchar())!='\n');

Upvotes: 1

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