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](https://linux.die.net/man/3/fgets): "If a newline is read, it is stored into the buffer." — kaylum, Feb 18 '17 at 03:14
Please don't post images for simple text output — include the text output in the question. Treat it as code. — Jonathan Leffler, Feb 18 '17 at 03:41
A reliable way to get rid of the newline is `name[strcspn(name, "\n")] = '\0';`. — Jonathan Leffler, Feb 18 '17 at 03:42
@JonathanLeffler OP would also have to include `` to use `strcspn()`. — RoadRunner, Feb 18 '17 at 04:02
First of all let me thank you for your answers, I'm sorry It took me so long to come back here. The thing is I might not have explained myself correctly. Even if I remove the \n character (line9) the full stop after the %s still goes to a new line. And even stranger, at least to me, If I change the length of the string to 3 instead of 10 and write my name (Miguel) what is output is Mi. The first 2 letters of my name and the full stop. Any thoughts? Thanks — MigL, Feb 23 '17 at 22:11
show your modified code that takes into account the above comments and still fails. — pm100, Sep 25 '18 at 23:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '18 at 23:58

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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.

answered Sep 25 '18 at 23:58

MinhVP

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 18 '17 at 06:42

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

edited Feb 18 '17 at 06:42

jophab

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answered Feb 18 '17 at 03:43

H. Al-Amri

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This would fail if the user typed more then 8 characters before pressing the enter key or hit Ctrl-D. – alk Feb 18 '17 at 09:49

fgets() breaks string into 2 lines

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