Skipping over Scanf statement in C

Question

I am writing an objective c program for hangman. I need to replicate another program which has been given to me. I have done most of it, but am having an issue. It has to replic

Answer 1

Use getchar() after scanf() for avoid newline character left in stdin.

while (i == 0){

            printf("\n\n > Please enter a word length: ");
                scanf("%d", &wordLength);
                getchar();
            printf("\n\n");
            if (number > 3 && number < 14) {
                break;
            }
            else printf("number must be between 3 and 14 (inclusive)");
            }