one scanf statement not taking value please help me.

Question

#include<stdio.h>

main()

{

  int amount,age;

  char health,place,sex;

            printf("enter the health status if healthy enter h  for unhealthy p \n");

    scanf("%c",&health);

   

   

printf("Enter the sex for male m   and for female f\n");

scanf("%c",&sex);

printf("for city enter the c  and for village enter   v\n");

scanf("%c",&place);

printf("enter the amount\n");

scanf("%d",&amount);

printf ("enter the age\n");

scanf("%d",&age);

if(health=='h'&&  place=='c'  &&age>25 )

{

  if (sex=='m' && amount<200000)

   {

      printf(" you will get  remium is Rs. 4 per thousand  ");

   }

   else if(amount<300000)

     printf(" you will get  remium is Rs. 3 per thousand  ");

}

else if(health=='p'  && sex=='m'&&   place=='v'  && amount<10000 )

  printf("premium is Rs. 6 per thousand");

else

printf("SRY you will not insured");

}

Answer 1

When reading a character, you should add an extra space before the %c format specifier to tell scanf to ignore any whitespace character (e.g. ENTER from last input):

    printf("enter the health status if healthy enter h  for unhealthy p \n");
    scanf(" %c", &health);
    printf("Enter the sex for male m   and for female f\n");
    scanf(" %c", &sex);
    printf("for city enter the c  and for village enter   v\n");
    scanf(" %c", &place);
    printf("enter the amount\n");
    scanf("%d", &amount);
    printf("enter the age\n");
    scanf("%d", &age);