MM> char s[40];
MM> gets(s);
MM> puts("\r\nThis was the string you entered : "); puts(s);
AT> NO!  Never!  Bad!    You've allocated 40 bytes, but
AT> the user could easily type 4000.
AT> use:
 
AT> char s[40];
AT> fgets (s, 40, stdin);
AT> printf ("\n\nThis was the string you entered: %s\n", s);
That will STILL give a case of the nasties if the user enters 40
characters.  You must make room for the terminating null.
char s[41];
fgets(s,40,stdin);
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