Language Ccpp Cref Examples Gets.c

/ **************************************************************************
 *
 * Purpose: Compare the action of gets and fgets reading data from STDIN.
 * Author: M J Leslie
 * Date: 22-Apr-95
 *
 *************************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
 char buff[80];			/* Input buffer.		*/
					/* Get data from the keyboard.	*/
 printf("\nplease enter text => ");
 gets(buff);
 
 printf("\nlength is %d #%s#\n", strlen(buff), buff);
					/* Get data from the keyboard.	*/
 printf("\nplease enter text => ");
 fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), stdin);
 
 printf("\nlength is %d #%s#\n\n",strlen(buff), buff);
}
/*************************************************************************
 * 
 * Example program run.
 * --------------------
 * 
 * please enter text => abcd
 * 
 * length is 4 #abcd# 
 * 
 * please enter text => abcd
 * 
 * length is 5 #abcd
 * #
 *
 *************************************************************************/

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