Yes or No while loop for a 2d array doesn't print array in C

January 7, 2022

I’m new to c and don’t really understand how 2d arrays work. When the code is executed it prompts for me to enter a course and then when the loop is broken the print statement doesn’t show what I inputted.

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>

    int main()

   {

   char courses[60][100];
   char ans ='y';
   int  i=0;
   int p,j;

   while (ans == 'y'){
   printf("Enter course:\n");
   for (p=0;p<j;p++)
   scanf("%s", &courses[p]);
   getchar(); 

   i++;

  printf("Would you like to enter another course? (y or n) \n"); 
  ans = getchar();

 }
 printf("courses are %s",courses[p]);
 }

>Solution :

int main()
{
    char courses[60][100];
    char ans ='y';
    size_t  i = 0;

    do
    {
        printf("Enter course:\n");
        scanf("%s", &courses[i]);
        getchar(); 
        i++;
        printf("Would you like to enter another course? (y or n) \n"); 
        ans = getchar();
    }while(ans == 'y');
    for(size_t p = 0; p < i; p++)
        printf("courses are %s\n",courses[p]);
}

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