I have this simple little program that does nothing but creates ''saved files'' of entered data. The flow is pretty self explanitory, however, a problem arises at the line reading scanf("%c", &choose2); is reached. It seems to bypass this scanf altogether and continues on through the loop. Why?! It works if I use an int instead of a character for the scanf and condition. But why should I have to? Thanks ahead of time
#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct FileData
{
int a;
int b;
char string[80];
}data, *data_ptr;
FILE *SaveState;
FILE *LoadState;
char FileName[80];
const char SIGNATUREW[5] = "SAVE";
char SIGNATURER[5];
char choose;
char choose2;
int main(void)
{
data Save;
data Load;
while(choose != ''q'')
{
printf("l: Load File\nq: Quit\n");
scanf("%c", &choose);
if(choose == ''l'')
{
printf("Enter filename: ");
scanf("%s", FileName);
LoadState = fopen(FileName, "rb");
if(LoadState == NULL)
{
printf("File does not exist. Make new? y/n\n");
scanf("%c", &choose2);
if(choose2 == ''y'')
{
printf("Enter Interger: ");
scanf("%d", &Save.a);
printf("Enter Interger: ");
scanf("%d", &Save.b);
printf("Enter Word: ");
scanf("%s", Save.string);
SaveState = fopen(FileName, "wb");
if(SaveState == NULL)
{
printf("Could not create new file.\n");
};
fwrite(SIGNATUREW, sizeof(const char), sizeof(SIGNATUREW), SaveState);
fwrite(&Save, sizeof(FileData), 1, SaveState);
fclose(SaveState);
};
}
else
{
fread(SIGNATURER, sizeof(char), 5, LoadState);
if(*SIGNATURER == *SIGNATUREW)
{
fread(&Load, sizeof(FileData), 1, LoadState);
}
else
{
printf("Could not fild valid Save file!\n");
};
fclose(LoadState);
printf("\n\nLoad.a: %d\n", Load.a);
printf("Load.b: %d\n", Load.b);
printf("Load.string: %s\n\n\n", Load.string);
};
};
};
return 0;
}
