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===== gets =====

<code c>
    char *gets(char *str); 
</code>
Copies characters from stdin into str until newline encountered, end-of-file reached, or error occurs. Does not copy newline. NUL-terminates s. Returns str, or NULL on end-of-file or error. Should not be used because of the potential for buffer overflow.

===== C Sourcecode Example =====
<code c>
/* 
 * gets example code
 * http://code-reference.com/c/stdio.h/gets 
 */

#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */
//#include <windows.h> /* uncomment this for Windows */

#include <string.h> /* Included for strlen */

int main( void )
{
    char string[80];
    int i,end;
   
    printf("Please enter string (Max 80 characters):");
    gets(string);
    end = strlen(string)-1;

    for (i=0; i <= end ;i++) {
       printf("%c",string[i]);
    }
    
    printf("\n");
return 0;
}

</code>

==== output ====
     ./gets 
     Please enter string (Max 80 characters):Test 4 http://code-reference.com/c/stdio.h/gets
     Test 4 http://code-reference.com/c/stdio.h/gets