DescriptionThe C library function char *gets(char *str) reads a line from stdin and stores it into the string pointed to by str. It stops when either the newline character is read or when the end-of-file is reached, whichever comes first.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for gets() function.
char *gets(char *str)
Parameters- str − This is the pointer to an array of chars where the C string is stored.
Return Value
This function returns str on success, and NULL on error or when end of file occurs, while no characters have been read.
Example:
The following example shows the usage of gets() function.
#include <stdio.h>int main ()
{
char str[50];
printf("Enter a string : ");
gets(str);
printf("You entered: %s", str);
return(0)
}
Let us compile and run the above program that will produce the following result −
Enter a string : AkashYou entered: Akash
