How to read a single character in c

C – Read Single Character using Scanf()

To read single character entered by user via standard input in C language, use scanf() function.

scanf() reads input from stdin(standard input), according to the given format and stores the data in the given arguments.

So, to read a single character from console, give the format and argument to scanf() function as shown in the following code snippet.

Here, is the format to read a single character and this character is stored in variable .

Examples

In the following example, we read a single character input by the user in standard input to a variable using scanf() function.

main.c

Output

Even if you enter multiple characters, scanf() in the above program reads only one character, because it is formatted to read only one character.

Output

Conclusion

In this C Tutorial, we learned how to read a single character entered by user via standard input using scanf() function.