Simple newbie programs and PB

[Tom Prayne]

Hi,

I'm just starting to learn C. I have lots of fun doing so, but I ask
myself (resp: you :-)) if the following is possible:

At the moment I create my projects in PB, using the "standard c tool"
template. I compile the programs and launch them via the terminal.
My programs interact with the user by printf() and scanf().
If I run programs that don't take any user input (scanf), I can run them
from PB, a window opens and shows my printf() output. Fine.
But this doesn't work with scanf()... does anybody know if there is
something easy I can do about this? Is there a possibility to get text
input from that PB window?

It would be great if I could run my programs from PB, not the terminal,
because of debugging...


thanks in advance :-)

Tom

[Tom Harrington]

In article <20030924194107111+0200@sphynxxengine.com>,
Tom Prayne <tomprayne@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting to learn C. I have lots of fun doing so, but I ask
> myself (resp: you :-)) if the following is possible:
>
> At the moment I create my projects in PB, using the "standard c tool"
> template. I compile the programs and launch them via the terminal.
> My programs interact with the user by printf() and scanf().
> If I run programs that don't take any user input (scanf), I can run them
> from PB, a window opens and shows my printf() output. Fine.
> But this doesn't work with scanf()... does anybody know if there is
> something easy I can do about this? Is there a possibility to get text
> input from that PB window?
>
> It would be great if I could run my programs from PB, not the terminal,
> because of debugging...

I think you'll have to use the command line. As far as debugging goes,
learning to use gdb at the command line is an extremely useful skill,
and even the basics of it will be worth the time it takes.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
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Version 1.4: Best cleanup yet, gets files other tools miss.
See [url]http://www.atomicbird.com/[/url]

[Uli Kusterer]

In article <20030924194107111+0200@sphynxxengine.com>,
Tom Prayne <tomprayne@gmx.de> wrote:

> I can run them
> from PB, a window opens and shows my printf() output. Fine.
> But this doesn't work with scanf()... does anybody know if there is
> something easy I can do about this? Is there a possibility to get text
> input from that PB window?

There are two tabs in the console window in PB: "Console" and "StdOut"
(or something like that). Console is the GDB (debugger) console, but
"StdOut" is the actual terminal, which should work just fine for
entering text.

Cheers,
-- Uli
[url]http://www.zathras.de[/url]

[Jim Schimpf]

Tom Prayne <tomprayne@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<20030924194107111+0200@sphynxxengine.com>...

> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting to learn C. I have lots of fun doing so, but I ask
> myself (resp: you :-)) if the following is possible:
>
> At the moment I create my projects in PB, using the "standard c tool"
> template. I compile the programs and launch them via the terminal.
> My programs interact with the user by printf() and scanf().
> If I run programs that don't take any user input (scanf), I can run them
> from PB, a window opens and shows my printf() output. Fine.
> But this doesn't work with scanf()... does anybody know if there is
> something easy I can do about this? Is there a possibility to get text
> input from that PB window?
>
> It would be great if I could run my programs from PB, not the terminal,
> because of debugging...
>
>
> thanks in advance :-)
>
> Tom

If you don't put in any breakpoints and run debug in PB (i.e.
click on the hammer/spray can) it will bring up a debug window. Then
if you click on the Standard I/O tab in the upper part of the screen
you will have the same I/O you have when you run it in a window. The
other tab Console show you the same output you get with printf() but
doesn't take input to the program only commands to the debugger.

Next, I wouldn't use scanf() for input. It doesn't do much
checking and doesn't give you much freedom. I would suggest doing
something like this:

char in[64];
int someval;
char *ptr;

:
:

someval = DEFAULT_VALUE; // Set it equal to a default
value
printf("Input Someval: ") // Ask the user for
input

ptr = fgets(in,64,stdin); // Get input data
(allowing line editing)
if( ptr != NULL ) // Did the user
input something
{
someval = strtol(in,NULL,0); // Convert the input value
to a #
// Note this
will handle octal,decimal or Hex input
}

:
:

This way allows line editing, prevents buffer overflows and
will handle multiple styles of
number input.

--jim