try with "&",,,reference not given in scanf...&key Its not how you fall, but how you pick yourself up again.. Regards Dinesh.N
________________________________ From: mahesh kumar <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:20:26 PM Subject: [twincling] c statement hi im working on linux open suse platform while working with c statement i got a problem scanf("%s",key); error: segmentation fault ( at running time) here key is a character array declared earlier plz plz help me out of this bug regards mahesh a linux aspirant

