Gets

Question

What us gets used for
gets()

Answer 1

Do NOT use the gets() function. It is unsafe and was removed from the standard a long time ago. When you use gets() the compiler gives you a warning also.

Instead use the fgets() function
https://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/fgets/

Answer 2

@Martin Taylor
To be fair though, the SoloLearn course itself shows the gets() function without even mentioning that it is not a part of the standard anymore and that it should not be used. gets() function has literally been used a lot of times in the example codes throughout the course. What makes it worse is that fgets() isn't even mentioned once in the course. As the OP has completed only 7% of the C course on SoloLearn, I think they came to know about it from there.

Answer 3

Surya,
A little note on `gets` function.

https://bytes.com/topic/c/answers/710231-warning-gets-function-dangerous-should-not-used
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1694036/why-is-the-gets-function-so-dangerous-that-it-should-not-be-used

Answer 4

in which language?

Answer 5

C

Answer 6

gets() reads a line from stdin and stores it into the string pointed to by str.

Answer 7

K

Answer 8

Ok

Answer 9

In java get() and set() methods are used for private methods to set the value and print the value