line input in C

[hushed crystal]

scanf("%[^\n]1000s", line)

what does [^\n]1000 mean ???

[marsh zealot]

This format specifier tells scanf to read input until a newline character (\n)

[hushed crystal]

what about 1000 ?

[modern vortex]

Well, since char line array is set to 1000, i assume 1000s means the limit?

[marsh zealot]

There is no such format specifier as 1000s. If the intention is to limit the input size to 1000 characters, you should specify it as part of the %[^\n] format specifier.

[quasi wagon]

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[hushed crystal]

so that line is incorrect ?

[marsh zealot]

If you want to read a line of input up to 999 characters, the corrected code would look like this
char line[1000];
scanf("%999[^\n]", line);

[hushed crystal]

but the code didn't throw any error when i ran it ?

[quasi wagon]

@hushed crystal has reached level 1. GG!

[marsh zealot]

C is a language that allows a lot of flexibility, which can sometimes result in unexpected behavior or bugs if the code isn't written properf

C compilers generally don't check the exact format specifiers passed to scanf as long as they look somewhat valid.

[hushed crystal]

oh ok i get it now

thnx

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[vagrant apex]

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