How to (safely) read user input with the getline function

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 10, 2022 7:37 PM EDT
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Reading strings in C used to be a very dangerous thing to do. When reading input from the user, programmers might be tempted to use the gets function from the C Standard Library. The usage for gets is simple enough:

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