Using %s in C correctly - very basic level

Question

I know that %s is a string of characters, but I don\'t know how to use it. Can anyone provide me a very basic example of how its used and how its different from char ?

Answer 1

Here goes:

char str[] = "This is the end";
char input[100];

printf("%s\n", str);
printf("%c\n", *str);

scanf("%99s", input);