RE: [ilug-cal] [OT]Problems with gcc

[Soumyadip Modak]

 
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Thanx to all who have helped me. The problem was a misssing & in the
scanf func. 


> Hi,
> Try to avoid scanf function as much as possible,
> instead use fgets and sscanf combo for stdio which has
> got much more efficient error checking. This is most 
> recommended procedure as i have found in comp.lang.c group. 
> For a much better explanation follow this link. 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/s12.html

Check out question no 12.12 and 12.20

bye
siddhartha

I agree with your suggestion, but the powers that be prefer us using
scanf. No way I can do anything againt their wishes, at least for the
lab exercises :(

> 
> I'm right now not on the machine that has the gcc3.2 compiler, but
> compiling this program with gcc2.91 shows a syntax
> error in the line
> that says "scanf .... ". Obviously, "celsius" should
> be "&celsius". I
> wonder why the compiler on your machine didn't
> signal this error at

Yeah I'd like to know the experiences of other people re: this. Funny
that the gcc3.2 didn't catch it first time around, while gcc2.91 did.

Sdg:

>..hehe same mistake that I made with my 1st C prog. ;-)

Makes me feel better. :)

Soumyadip Modak
RCC Institute of Information Technology
Kolkata, India



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