Segmentation fault while taking string from user

Question

Code:

int main()
{
  char *name=NULL;
  int n;
  printf(\"\\nenter the string\\n\");
  scanf(\"%s\",name);
  n=strlen(name);
  printf(\"%d\",n);
  return 0;
}
         


        

Answer 1

You didn't allocate any memory for pointer to char name.

Example:

char * name = malloc( sizeof( char ) * MAX_STRING_LENGTH ) ;