Why does a letter disappear when I'm writing the following (the problem is the underlined code.)

[hubblee]

char a, b;

printf ("write two letters")
scanf("%c %c", &a,&b);

printf("%c %c",b, a );

return 0;

when I run the program and press x and y for example y disappears when I use printf

[jeron1]

Could you copy and paste the code you're running? What you've posted won't compile.

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[Mircea Neacsu]

Is that a space in the middle of your scanf format? If so, you need to type “x(space)y”.

Mircea

[Lost User]

Apart from the missing semi-colon at the end of the first printf statement, the code works fine.

[Lost User]

Works fine after fixing the missing semi-colon.

[Lost User]

No, it works with or without the space.