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Date:	08 Sep 2003 08:19:49 +0200
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From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Ethan Rosenberg <ethros AT earthlink DOT net>
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	Ethan Rosenberg on Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:37:39 -0400)
Subject:	Re: multiple fgets()
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> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:37:39 -0400
> From: Ethan Rosenberg <ethros AT earthlink DOT net>
> 
> If the user types more than 8 characters, the remaining characters are left
> in the keyboard(?) buffer, and are picked up by the next fgets.  How do I
> get rid of the remaining characters, before the following fgets.

One way is to continue calling fgets until it returns a buffer that
ends with a \n character.

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