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C Programming: Keyboard Input

A function in c allows the programmer to accept input from a keyboard. The scanf routine accepts the response and has two arguments. The first ("%d") specifies what type of data type is expected. The second ("&number") specifies the variable into which the typed response will be placed.

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C Programming: Keyboard Input

A function in c allows the programmer to accept input from a keyboard. The scanf routine accepts the response and has two arguments. The first ("%d") specifies what type of data type is expected. The second ("&number") specifies the variable into which the typed response will be placed.

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C Programming

KEYBOARD INPUT ThereisafunctioninCwhichallowstheprogrammertoacceptinputfromakeyboard.Thefollowingprogram illustratestheuseofthisfunction,


#include <stdio.h> main() { int /* program which introduces keyboard input */ number;

printf("Type in a number \n"); scanf("%d", &number); printf("The number you typed was %d\n", number); } SampleProgramOutput Type in a number 23 The number you typed was 23

Anintegercallednumberisdefined.Aprompttoenterinanumberisthenprintedusingthestatement
printf("Type in a number \n:");

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Thescanfroutine,whichacceptstheresponse,hastwoarguments.Thefirst("%d")specifieswhattypeofdatatype isexpected(iechar,int,orfloat).Listofformattersforscanf()foundhere. Thesecondargument(&number)specifiesthevariableintowhichthetypedresponsewillbeplaced.Inthiscasethe responsewillbeplacedintothememorylocationassociatedwiththevariablenumber. Thisexplainsthespecialsignificanceofthe&character(whichmeanstheaddressof). Sample program illustrating use of scanf() to read integers, characters and floats
#include < stdio.h > main() { int sum; char letter; float money; printf("Please enter an integer value "); scanf("%d", &sum ); printf("Please enter a character "); /* the leading space before the %c ignores space characters in the input */ scanf(" %c", &letter ); printf("Please enter a float variable "); scanf("%f", &money ); printf("\nThe printf("value printf("value printf("value }
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variables you entered were\n"); of sum = %d\n", sum ); of letter = %c\n", letter ); of money = %f\n", money );
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SampleProgramOutput Please enter an integer value 34 Please enter a character W Please enter a float variable 32.3 The variables you entered were value of sum = 34 value of letter = W value of money = 32.300000

This program illustrates several important points. theclanguageprovidesnoerrorcheckingforuserinput.Theuserisexpectedtoenterthecorrectdatatype. Forinstance,ifauserenteredacharacterwhenanintegervaluewasexpected,theprogrammayenteran infinitelooporabortabnormally. itsuptotheprogrammertovalidatedataforcorrecttypeandrangeofvalues. CopyrightBBrown.1984-1999.Allrightsreserved.

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