Reading characters and strings : char read « Data Type « C Tutorial

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2. Data Type
3. char read

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{ 
   char x;      
   char y[ 9 ]; 
   
   printf( "Enter a string: " );
   scanf( "%c%s", &x, y );

   printf( "The input was:\n" );
   printf( "the character \"%c\" ", x );
   printf( "and the string \"%s\"\n", y );

   return 0; 

}

Enter a string: string
The input was:
the character "s" and the string "tring"