scanf not accepting space as part of string

[bajajv]

Hi,
I am writing a program to accept a string from the user. But not able to print the whole sentence. Can get only first word -
Input - My name is Anthony
output- My
How can I print the whole sentence?
code -

int main()
{
        char* str;
        str = (char*) malloc (sizeof(char)*256);
        memset (str, 0, (sizeof(char)*256));
        printf("Enter the string\n" );
        scanf("%s", str);
        printf("%s\n", str);
        return 0;
}

[whodgson]

The usual way is to use the getline() function

[Banfa]

getline() is C++ in C you would use fgets()

[bajajv]

getline() is C++ in C you would use fgets()

Thanks.. its working..

Is there any way to make scanf accept whole line?

[newb16]

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

[bajajv]

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

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

looks great...

[donbock]

I think you have an extra "s". This should work:
scanf("%[^\n]", s);

By the way, this format string makes use of an inverted scanset. You can google "scanf scan set" for more details.

[Banfa]

And of course that scanf line does not protect against buffer overrun in which fgets does.