Problems with character input using scanf()

Question

I\'m trying to input a character into a linked list, where the character can be \'A\',\'a\',\'G\',\'g\',\'T\',\'t\',\'C\' or \'c\'.

I\'m not yet familiar with C and

Answer 1

You don't handle the newline. The %c specifier doesn't skip blanks. Try:

scanf(" %c", &newChar);
    /* ^ <-- Makes `scanf` eat the newline. */

Or maybe add an explicit test.

scanf(...);
if (newChar == '\n')
    continue;