How to : scanf() - strings

[elzix88]

Can anyone tell me how to use scanf (or another?) function for input string from console? I tried like this but it works only if string doesn't have white space between words. Is it any possibility to do this?


Here is part of code:

Code: (Objective-C)

NSMutableString *m1;
char name[256];
scanf("%s",&name);           // i enter here string "Baba jaga" for example
m1 = [NSString stringWithCString: name encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@",m1);          // output is only "Baba"

[skochan]

Try gets (name);

Cheers,

Steve

[elzix88]

Thank you for your reply. That solution works good but compiler displays message while running program:

warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe.

why its unsafe? how can i delete this warning?

[skochan]

Probably because it doesn't check the count of the number of characters entered,  meaning if you type enough you'll overflow the input buffer.   There have been many attacks made to software programs by these sorts of means.

Cheers,

Steve Kochan