string help

[Aramil]

HI! In the program I am writing, it gives commands based on what the value of the variable is. In this case all values are completely text (no integers) and I can't think of what to use besides if. I have tried for, else, while, ans else-if with no luck. Thank you.

[sam111]

let me see your code

[Aramil]

//Character Creation
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
char name, race, class, age, weapon, area, answer;

printf("Please write all input as lowercase, except for name and area, and on age please spell the numebr\n");

//Trial 1
puts("Choose your name: ");
scanf("%s", &name);
puts("Choose your race:\nDwarf\nElf\nHalf-Elf\nHuman\nOrc ");
scanf("%s", &race);
puts("Choose your class:\nFighter\nMage\nRanger ");
scanf("%s", &class);
puts("What is your age: ");
scanf("%s", &age);
puts("Choose your weapon:\nSword\nSpell Book\nBow ");
scanf("%s", &weapon);
puts("Where do you live:\nElixia\nDragoda\nThe Temple City ");
scanf("%s", &area);
puts("Are all of these correct? ");
scanf("%s", &answer);

if(answer == "no")
puts("Choose your name: ");
scanf("%s", &name);
puts("Choose your race:\nDwarf\nElf\nHalf-Elf\nHuman\nOrc ");
scanf("%s", &race);
puts("Choose your class:\nFighter\nMage\nRanger ");
scanf("%s", &class);
puts("What is your age: ");
scanf("%s", &age);
puts("Choose your weapon:\nSword\nSpell Book\nBow ");
scanf("%s", &weapon);
puts("Where do you live:\nElixia\nDragoda\nThe Temple City ");
scanf("%s", &area);
puts("Are all of these correct? ");
scanf("%s", &answer);

if(answer == "yes")
printf("So %s, you are a %s year old %s %s who lives in %s and uses a %s\n", &name, &age, &race, &class, &area, &weapon);
}

[zombykillah]

Hi,
to tell you the truth, I hardly can C.

Here some errors I can figure you:

char name, race, class, age, weapon, area, answer;

Will declare these Values are single characters.
They can just store one digit.

scanf("%s", &name);

Will store the information into the position where name points.
So let's assume name has the value 0.
Since it ain't initialized it can have any value between 0 and 255.
So you will write a string into the memory assigned to your program position 0.
You are not changing the value of name.

You should check out a tutorial for C explaining pointers and arrays!

[Aramil]

Thank you this helps. I can't find a site that will teach me how to write in c beyond hello world do you know of any?

[zombykillah]

Hi guess that one is fine for the moment:
A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C
Or that one:
Pointers - C++ Documentation