John Poltorak wrote in a message to All:

 JP> #include 

 JP> main()
 JP> {
 JP>         int len, width;

 JP>         printf("Enter length: ");
             fflush(stdout);           /* add this */
 JP>         scanf("%d", &len);
 JP>         printf("Enter width: ");
             fflush(stdout);           /* add this */
 JP>         scanf("%d", &width);

 JP>         printf("area is %d", len * width);
 JP> }


 JP> This is supposed to prompt the user for two values and
 JP> compute the result. 

 JP> When I run this program, I don't get any prompts, before
 JP> entering any values. Is this just a quirk of using an OS/2
 JP> compiler, or is Mr. Schildt in error here? 

The compiler library is free to buffer stream output as convenient.

 JP> I'm using ICC from C Set/2 v1.0 and this is what the output
 JP> looks like:- 

 JP> [F:\dev\c]ex3
 JP> 12
 JP> 15
 JP> Enter length: Enter width: area is 180
 JP> [F:\dev\c]

Have fun.
 
-- Mike


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