How do I read a whole line in C?

Whovian

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char name[256];
    printf("What's your name?\n");
    scanf("%s",name);
    printf("Hello, %s%s",name,"!");
}

This only reads the first word of the name inputted. Is there any way to get a whole line?

Mark44

gets will read a whole line of text.

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Whovian	How do I read a whole line in C? Tweet Code: #include <stdio.h> int main() { char name[256]; printf("What's your name?\n"); scanf("%s",name); printf("Hello, %s%s",name,"!"); } This only reads the first word of the name inputted. Is there any way to get a whole line?