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How do I handle an input thats more than the char size in c? (lemm.ee)
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let's say I have this code

` #include #include char name[50]; int main(){ fgets(name,50,stdin); name[strcspn(name, "\n")] = '\0'; printf("hi %s", name); }

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and I decide my name is "ewroiugheqripougheqpiurghperiugheqrpiughqerpuigheqrpiugherpiugheqrpiughqerpioghqe4r", my program will throw some unexpected behavior. How would I mitigate this?

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[–] AustralianSimon 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could do something basic like this or validate the input using a loop and if statements to apply rules.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7574606/left-function-in-c-sharp#7574615