C - scanf,printf name and age program

Question

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
   char yourname;
   int yourage;

    printf("Whats your name?\t");
    scanf("%c",&yourname); 
    printf("How old are you?\t");
    scanf("%d",&yourage);
    printf("You are %d years old and your name is %c\n\n\n",yourage,yourname);
    system("pause");
    return(0);
}

I want this program to ask for the username and age, and then print them..

Solution

when you use scanf, %c is intended to get a single character. If you want to get a string, you need to use %s.

Also, in C langage, string are just char arrays. So you need to declare a char array.

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
   char yourname[100];
   int yourage;

   printf("Whats your name?\t");
   scanf("%s",yourname); //i let you read the doc to avoid overflow :)
   printf("How old are you?\t");
   scanf("%d",&yourage);
   printf("You are %d years old and your name is %s \n\n\n",yourage,yourname);
   system("pause");
   return(0);
}