strcmp with pointers not working in C

Question

Why this code isn\'t working. Just trying to check if the user input is the same as a password

char *pass;

printf(\"Write the password: \");
scanf(\"%s\", p         


        

Answer 1

pass is an unitialized pointer, and you attempt to write into it. You have to allocate enough memory to hold a string. For example, char pass[SIZE] will work better.