how to terminate the loop containing scanf?

[jcute]

int i; char a[10][10]; for ( i= 0; ; i++) { if (scanf("%s",a[i]) == -1) break; } //ctrl-d or z do not work!:confused:

[HJo]

Does it have to be scanf()? Otherwise you could gets(), which terminates at Ctrl+Z: int i = 0; char a[10][10]; while (gets(a[i]) != NULL) { i++; }

[jcute]

After ctrl+z, I have to use enter. Is it expected?:omg:

[HJo]

Yes. If you don't want to wait for enter, you should read one character at a time, e.g. getchar(). Example from MSDN: /* GETC.C: This program uses getchar to read a single line * of input from stdin, places this input in buffer, then * terminates the string before printing it to the screen. */ #include void main( void ) { char buffer[81]; int i, ch; printf( "Enter a line: " ); /* Read in single line from "stdin": */ for( i = 0; (i < 80) && ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) && (ch != '\n'); i++ ) buffer[i] = (char)ch; /* Terminate string with null character: */ buffer[i] = '\0'; printf( "%s\n", buffer ); }