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• c: multiple scanf's, when enter in value 1 scanf skips second scanf [duplicate] 7 answers

printf("number of tracks: "); fflush( stdin ); scanf("%d", &track);  printf("is album or single: "); fflush( stdin ); scanf("%c", &type); 

when entered 5 number of track, program displays album or single , ends program there without letting me enter album type?

point 1

do not use fflush( stdin );, undefined behaviour.

related: c11 standard docmunet, chapter 7.21.5.2, (emphasis mine)

int fflush(file *stream);

if stream points output stream or update stream in recent operation not input, fflush function causes unwritten data stream delivered host environment written file; otherwise, behavior undefined.

point 2 ^{(to work done suppossed done fflush(stdin))}

change

scanf("%c", &type); 

to

scanf(" %c", &type);       ^       | 

the leading whitespace ignores whitespace-like characters in buffer , reads first non-whitespace character stdin.