scanf(“%[^\n]s”, str) Vs gets(str) in C with Examples

• gets is a more convenient method of reading a string of text containing whitespaces.
• Unlike scanf(), it does not skip whitespaces.
• It is used to read the input until it encounters newline.

Syntax:

gets(string);
where string-it is a string variable

Example:

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#include <stdio.h>     int main() {     char name[50];     gets(name);     printf("Entered name: %s", name); }

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Entered name: GFG

• It is an edit conversion code.
• The edit conversion code %[^\n] can be used as an alternative of gets.
• C supports this format specification with scanf() function.
• This edit conversion code can be used to read a line containing characters like variables and even whitespaces.
• In general scanf() function with format specification like %s and specification with the field width in the form of %ws can read-only strings till non-whitespace part.
• It means they cannot be used for reading a text containing more than one word, especially with Whitespaces.

Syntax:

scanf("%[^\n]", variable_name);

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#include <stdio.h>     int main() {     char name[50];     scanf("%[^\n]", name);     printf("Entered name: %s", name); }

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Output:

Entered name: GFG

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