Dec 3, 2010 · Ironically, the gets() routine is an obsolete function that provided compatibility with the very first version of the portable I/O library, and was replaced by standard I/O more than a …

247 Why is gets() dangerous The first internet worm (the Morris Internet Worm) escaped about 30 years ago (1988-11-02), and it used gets() and a buffer overflow as one of its methods of …

Jul 10, 2015 · And the difference between gets/scanf and fgets is that gets(); and scanf(); only scan until the first space ' ' while fgets(); scans the whole input. (but be sure to clean the buffer …

Oct 15, 2012 · The gets () function does not perform bounds checking, therefore this function is extremely vulnerable to buffer-overflow attacks. It cannot be used safely (unless the program …

Mar 15, 2017 · gets may cause buffer overflow, since it don't consider length of the data. More details are here : gets () function in C deprecated message means, this function is marked as …

Jun 5, 2013 · The gets() function is defined to read input into a buffer provided by the caller, up to and including the first newline (or EOF). It does not provide any mechanism for limiting input to …

Nov 20, 2022 · I'm trying to use gets() to get a string from the user, but the program seems to be passing right over gets(). There is no pause for the user to give input. Why is gets() not doing …

Feb 19, 2014 · The gets function is used for returning zero or more characters from the standard (console) input. Edit 1: Depending on your compiler implementation, the getch function may be …

Oct 28, 2014 · gets - Reads characters from stdin and stores them as a string. scanf - Reads data from stdin and stores them according to the format specified int the scanf statement like %d, …

I learned that gets creates a new line and asks the user to input something, and gets.chomp does the same thing except that it does not create a new line. gets must return an object, so you …