Second scanf is not working

Question

i am having trouble with this c language code:

 char st[2];

 printf(\"enter first value:\");
 scanf(\"%c\", &st[0]);

 printf(\"enter second value:\");
         


        

Answer 1

use fflush(stdin); function before the second scanf();. It will flush the ENTER key generated after first scanf();. Actually, your second scanf() is taking the ENTER as its input and since scanf terminates after getting an ENTER, it is not taking anything else by your side.

Answer 2

I think your problem is the second scanf is receiving the "Enter" key press.

Answer 3

Change

scanf("%c", &st[0]);

to this

scanf(" %c", &st[0]);

That's a shotty answer (no error checking or anything) but its quick and easy.

Answer 4

Well it did. The character(s) produced by the ENTER key is present in the buffer already.

Answer 5

You're getting the implicit newline you entered as the second character, i.e. st[1] is getting the value '\n'. An easy way to fix this is to include the newline in the expected format string: scanf("%c\n", &st[0]);