C Programming: Accept a string from keyboard

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1. String Input Print

Write a program in C to input a string and print it.

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

// Main function
int main() {
    char str[50]; // Declaring a character array to store the input string
	
    printf("\n\nAccept a string from keyboard :\n"); // Prompt to accept a string from the keyboard
    printf("-----------------------------------\n"); 	
    printf("Input the string : ");

    // Read a string from the standard input (keyboard) using fgets()
    fgets(str, sizeof str, stdin);

    // Display the string entered by the user
    printf("The string you entered is : %s\n", str);
	
	return 0; // Return 0 to indicate successful execution of the program
}

Output:

Accept a string from keyboard :                                                                               
-----------------------------------                                                                           
Input the string : Welcome, w3resource                                                                        
The string you entered is : Welcome, w3resource  

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