scanf(“%[^\n]s”, str) Vs gets(str) in C with Examples
gets()
- 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:
#include <stdio.h> int main() { char name[50]; gets(name); printf("Entered name: %s", name); } |
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Output:
Entered name: GFG
%[^\n]
- 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);
Example:
#include <stdio.h> int main() { char name[50]; scanf("%[^\n]", name); printf("Entered name: %s", name); } |
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Output:
Entered name: GFG
Table of difference between gets() and %[^\n]
| gets() | %[^\n] |
|---|---|
| gets() is used to read strings | %[^\n] is an edit conversion code used to read strings |
| Unlike scanf(), gets() reads strings even with whitespaces | %[^\n] also terminates with a newline character |
| when it reads a newline character then the gets() function will be terminated | %[^\n] also reads strings with whitespaces |
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