User Input - Problem 4
Write a C-program based on _cgets that asks a user to enter a string of characters that has length less than 15. The program should display the number of characters entered. If the user enters more than 15 characters then the output should be 'You entered more than 15 characters'.
Solution// include all the headers #include "conio.h" #include "string.h" #include "ctype.h" // set maxchars = 16 // set maxchars = 16. We are setting it to 16 because the maximum no. // of charcters that we are to accept is 15. So if a user enters // more than 15, we can inform accordingly. [If we set it to 15, // then how will we know that he entered more than 15 ? // so we have to set it to 16] #define MAXCHARS 16 main () { // set a buffer to hold the user input char cBuff [MAXCHARS + 3]; char* cReturn = NULL; cBuff [0] = MAXCHARS + 1; printf ("\nEnter a string of characters [<= 15 chars]: "); cReturn = _cgets (cBuff); if (MAXCHARS == strlen (cReturn)) printf ("You entered more than 15 characters\n"); else printf ("You entered %u characters\n", strlen (cReturn)); }
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Updated on 2020-02-07. Published on: 2015-12-20