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

add space to "%c" to catch the newline character. the space charcter is used to catch space characters, tabulations, newline

scanf("%c ",&newChar);