fgets() skipped [duplicate]

Answer 1

Your scanf call left a newline character in the input buffer. Consequently, when the fgets call is made, it reads that newline and returns.

As per pmg's comment above, check out the answer to Question 12.18a in the C FAQ.

Answer 2

scanf probably isn't eating the return at the end of the line, so it's being passed to the first fgets. Personally, I hate scanf - it's better to use fgets and then parse the line using sscanf.