How to create a string-type variable in C

Question

Question

How to declare a string variable in C?

Background

In my quest to learn the basics of c, I am trying to port on

Answer 1

TESTED ON XCODE

You can do so:

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{

    int i;
    char name[60]; //array, every cell contains a character

    //But here initialize your array

    printf("What is your name?\n");
    fgets(name, sizeof(name), stdin);
    printf("Your name is %s", name );

    return 0;
}

Initialize the array, is good to avoid bug

for(i=0;i<60;i++){
      name[i]='\0'; //null
}

Instead int is used for int number (1, 2, 3, ecc.); For floating point number instead you have to use float

Answer 2

replace int name; to--. char name[60];

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  char name[648];
  printf("What is your name?");

  scanf("%s", name);
  printf("Your name is %s", name );

  return 0;
}