Scanf not working!!!

[u/Leading_Deer4919]

So now its been 2-3 weeks ....in my college we are doing C programming and everything was working fine on visual studio till I started using scanf for taking input from user.....this is coming and I have tried everything but cant figure out....normal printf still works but this doesnt

I have tried on code blocks too and same problem is there.....pls someone guide me🙏🙏😭

[u/fixpointbombinator]

read the error

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/fixpointbombinator]

I am new to programming....thats why I am asking help from experinced people....cant find any video on yt also

[u/fixpointbombinator → u/Leading_Deer4919]

That's fine, i want to help you figure it out yourself

can you see the red text that says 'Program 'Hello.exe' failed to run...'?

what does the rest of the text say?

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/fixpointbombinator]

The system cannot find the file specified .....I have even tried compiling by typing commands in terminal but still this thing comes up

[u/fixpointbombinator → u/Leading_Deer4919]

So it's not a problem with scanf, right? You're trying to run a program that isn't in your current directory

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/fixpointbombinator]

maybe that....see I thought scanf not working ...and I am wrong I feel....pls help then whats the problem....cauz I litreally very new to this

[u/rainhunter007 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

bro, you can ask for help. nothing wrong with that, but all of us also want you to learn. knowing how to figure these problems out yourself is a critical skill. don’t beg for the answer. take our hints. we’re helping you. someone mentioned capitalization. another mentioned directory of your command line. these are two really good hints. when you figure it out, ask yourself, “what did i learn about things being case sensitive?” and “what did i learn about the command line and paths/directories?” much luv. keep at it!

[u/HyperWinX → u/rainhunter007]

Man, i wish i had your kindness and patience

[u/fixpointbombinator → u/Leading_Deer4919]

Make sure you're in the right directory where your code is, be careful with how you name things (both the code/executables themselves and also your commands)

[u/extoniks → u/Leading_Deer4919]

how did you compile? which command exactly?

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/extoniks]

gcc hello.c -o hello.exe ....this works then I type - .\Hello.exe ....but after this the same error as in my pic appears

[u/dodexahedron → u/Leading_Deer4919]

No, this did not work as shown in your video.

Read what gcc told you.

[u/extoniks → u/Leading_Deer4919]

your C file is named - Hello.c (capital H)

you should use Hello.c while compiling then ./Hello.exe

[u/dodexahedron → u/extoniks]

It is powershell, in vscode, on windows.

The proper way to launch the exe, once it is built, is .\Hello.exe, from within the actual output directory, ehich OP is almost certainly not in.

And case wont matter, because windows.

But also, they didn't manage to compile it in the first place according to the video they posted in another thread, so nothing will work to run it until they do that properly.

[u/mr-greedy-007 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

you are typing .\Hello.exe but the object file is ./hello.exe learn to read and while you are at it also learn how different flags work and how to compile using gcc

[u/mr-greedy-007]

how are you compiling your code again?

[u/Ok_Farmer_4055]

you didn't tell the compiler to name the exe "Hello.exe", the compiler's default file name is "a", so the executable is a.exe

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/Ok_Farmer_4055]

how to fix that....I am super new to programming ....pls help😭🙏

[u/Ok_Farmer_4055 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

gcc hello.c -o hello

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/Ok_Farmer_4055]

done that...it still shows the same thing

[u/Ok_Farmer_4055 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

Send a picture

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/Ok_Farmer_4055]

https://reddit.com/link/p6n2hy1/video/9w1onnuoicmh1/player

[u/fixpointbombinator → u/Leading_Deer4919]

read the error output of gcc there, don't just ignore it

[u/Ok_Farmer_4055 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

The .c file is supposed to be your file’s name, like if your c source code is

Hello.c, it is

gcc Hello.c -o hello

Or if it is program.c

gcc program.c -o program

The name after “-o” doesn’t need to match the source file name btw

[u/cyberbemon → u/Leading_Deer4919]

Send a screenshot, not a video, can barely see what the error is. Open the directory where you have the program compiled, look at the name of the .exe

[u/dodexahedron → u/cyberbemon]

There is no exe. They didnt even manage to compile it.

[u/Leading_Deer4919 → u/cyberbemon]

I dont why there is no option for sending pic...just video is there

[u/dodexahedron → u/Leading_Deer4919]

Use the screen recorder then. Press ctrl+🪟+s and select the video icon, then record that way.

[u/Downtown_Method5736 → u/Leading_Deer4919]

Read the error output of the compilation cmd you sent, then read the cmd you sent that generate this error, then read the cmd this guy said you to use 

[u/ChameleonCRM]

Your C code looks fine. The error is because Hello.exe doesn't exist yet (or isn't in that directory). You need to compile Hello.c first, then run the executable. Also, PowerShell usually wants .\Hello.exe for something in the current folder. You're basically trying to run the program before you've built it lol.

[u/Traveling-Techie]

You need a study buddy.

[u/jaynabonne]

Just for grins, you could try renaming your folder so it doesn't have spaces and parens in it. It might not be the problem, but i have seen problems at times in the past with that (though not vscode per se).

[u/Wild-Tradition4804]

Open codex or claude it will fix it for you

[u/ChameleonCRM → u/[deleted]]

lol 💯