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Flushing stdin after inputing a string, to subsequently input next char

I want to input a string, the subsequently a char for further use in my program, but whenever I try to input a string longer than 10 characters, all that's leftover, goes into my next input request. I tried using scanf("%*c"), but it couldn't flush all my input.

char tab[11];
char c;
printf("Give me a string: ");
scanf("%10[^\n]%*c", tab);
printf("%s\n", tab);
printf("Give ma a char: ");
scanf("%c", &c);

How should I properly deal with this issue?

Solution

  • Run getchar in a loop until you read a newline:

    printf("Give me a string: ");
scanf("%10[^\n]", tab);

while (getchar() != '\n');

printf("%s\n", tab);
printf("Give me a char: ");
scanf("%c", &c);