Format Descriptor %s

scanf("%s", stooge2);

• The conversion specification %s read a sequence of characters, with initial white space skipped, up to the next (but not include) white space. A terminating '\0' is added to the sequence.

• A white space character is either return, or space, or tab, etc.

• E.g., if input is

  Curly?
  
  stooge2 array becomes

C

u

r

l

y

\0

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