Scanning a single character in c

Question

I have used the following code snippet to read several values but the single character constant variable rating is not accepting any value. It doesn't execute that particular scanf statement. How to resolve this?

char name[100],locality[100],vision[100],mission[100]; 
char rating; 
int dept,stud; 
printf("Enter college name\n"); 
scanf("%s",name); 
printf("Enter college locality\n"); 
scanf("%s",locality); 
printf("Enter college's vision\n"); 
scanf("%s",vision); 
printf(" Enter college's mission\n"); 
scanf("%s",mission); 
printf("Enter the number of departments\n"); 
scanf("%d",&dept); 
printf(" Enter student strength\n"); 
scanf("%d",&stud); 
printf(" Enter college rating\n"); 
scanf("%c",&rating); //not reading this value 
printf("%s\n%s\n",name,locality);

There is no compile error or run time error in this above code.

when I use the following code the variable is accepting value.

char rating;
printf(" Enter college rating\n"); 
scanf("%c",&rating);

First of all, your code does not compile because of `'` in `Enter college's mission\n'` — Arkadiusz Drabczyk, Jun 29 '15 at 16:14
@BLUEPIXY It worked thanks. But why do we need to provide space? — su5610, Jun 29 '15 at 16:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '15 at 16:44

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There is nothing wrong with your code except the printf statement of college's mission.

answered Jun 29 '15 at 16:44

rahul tyagi

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