Did you try: fflush( stdin); scanf( "...");
or maybe: gets( buffer); sscanf( buffer, "..."); There are lots of ways to read from the standard input that are better than using scanf. Also scanf( "..."); is the same as fscanf( stdin, "..."); -- Daniel R. Oldham Ph.D. Computer Engineer Satellite Networks and Architectures Branch NASA Glenn Research Center 21000 Brookpark Road (MS 54-5) Cleveland OH 44135 216.433.6307 - voice 216.433.8705 - fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/5/02, 12:32:28 PM, Keith Jonathan Bodwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: stdio.h: > no, I am trying to use flushall() before a scanf because if i dont have > the flushall() it will not pause the second time i use the scanf > flushall() is in the stdio.h file in Microsoft Visual C++ and my program > works there, but when I try to compile it in linux, it cant find > flushall().the flushall() is used to clear the variables, fflush is for > flushing file stream I beleave. > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:34:30AM -0500, Keith Jonathan Bodwell wrote: > > > >>Does anyone know why the stdio.h file that comes with gcc does not > >>include the flushall() function, and is there a way I can get a stdio.h > >>with the flushall() function that will work with gcc? > >> Thanks > >> Keith > >> > >>-- > >> > > Is what you want to do is flush all output streamsi? well the man page > > says that fflush can do that: > > If the stream argument is NULL, fflush flushes all open > > output streams. > > > -- > Keith Jonathan Bodwell > ------------------------------ > Civil Engineering Student > ------------------------------ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------ > http://www.keithbodwell.com > ------------------------------ > 303 Notch Hill Rd. > North Branford, CT 06471 > (203) 481-9925 > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
