From:	Sunil Rao <sunil AT raos DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: gets
Date:	Wed, 27 May 1998 22:27:58 +0100
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In article <1998052404332600 DOT AAA20938 AT ladder03 DOT news DOT aol DOT com>, Peleg79593
<peleg79593 AT aol DOT com> writes
>Okay, so I want to use
>
>gets(x);

no, you don't. gets() is EVIL. use fgets() instead...

>So I add fflush(stdin)

you don't want to do this either... it's undefined.

>before and after all of my buffered inputs.  Same problem.  So, then, I put:
>
>gets(trash);
>
>before every 
>
>gets(x);
>
>and, voila, it works.  What gives here?  Am I doing something wrong, or is this
>an acceptable way to clear the buffer?  

no, it's not. your descriptio of your problem doesn't tell much. maybe
you ought to post some of your code.

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