fgets() breaks string into 2 lines

Question

I am an absolute beginner to programming and I am starting with the C language. I am currently using the Beginning Programming with C for Dummies book by Dan Gookin.

When doing an exercise with fgets() the following occurred.

This is my code

#include <stdio.h> int main() { char name[10]; printf("Who are you? "); fgets(name,10,stdin); printf("Glad to meet you, %s.\n",name); return(0); }

The expected result should be a name with a full stop at the end and what is happening is that the full stop carries over to the next line like shown below.

I am using the code blocks IDE on Ubuntu

man fgets: "If a newline is read, it is stored into the buffer." — kaylum
– kaylum, Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 3:14
A reliable way to get rid of the newline is name[strcspn(name, "\n")] = '\0';. — Jonathan Leffler
– Jonathan Leffler, Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 3:42
@JonathanLeffler OP would also have to include <string.h> to use strcspn(). — RoadRunner
– RoadRunner, Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 4:02

MinhVP · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-25 23:58:46Z

You typed Miguel and then pressed ENTER. name now holds Miguel\n, in which \n stands for the ENTER you just pressed, since ENTER counts as a character too. If you want to remove it, you'll find the answer here.

jophab · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-18 06:42:55Z

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You can use strtok(name, "\n")

edited Feb 18, 2017 at 6:42

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answered Feb 18, 2017 at 3:43

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alk Over a year ago

This would fail if the user typed more then 8 characters before pressing the enter key or hit Ctrl-D.

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