C-language: quick n00b question

[kheiron1729]

int main() {
    int n;
    char ch;
    char* str;
    int i;
    printf("Enter the number of values you want to enter in your string: ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    str = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*n);
    printf("Enter the string: ");
    getchar();
    fgets(str, n, stdin);
    printf("%s",str);
    printf("Now enter the character you want to check for: ");
    getchar();
    scanf("%c", &ch);
    printf("ok cool");
    printf("The character '%c' occurs %d times", ch, count_char(str,ch));
    return 0;
}

why is not working. I don't have much time and I am going to start with next problem. Can anyone who is adept at C help me with thing. Pretty please

 

[Mark44]

Please be more specific than "is not working." A description of what your program is doing that it shouldn't be doing would be helpful.

You might be having a problem with these lines:

printf("Now enter the character you want to check for: ");
getchar();
scanf("%c", &ch);

Why do you have both getchar() and scanf()? getchar() might be picking up the character that is entered, but it is discarding the character. Something like
ch = getchar();

without the scanf() after it might fix things.