Reading time as character array in c -

i newbie c character arrays. , know read character arrays need use %s format specifier using scanf or gets.

i reading time 2 character array's in c h[2] , m[2] h represents hours , m represents minutes.

char h[2],m[2]; scanf("%s:%s",h,m);  printf("%s:%s",h,m); 

but when give 11:30 input prints time 11:30::30 output. can me reason?

thank you.

you forgetting few things:

• your character arrays need null terminated. create h , m size of 3 instead of 2, allowing null character, '\0', placed after string. scanf you.

• you can limit size of input string scanf. scanf("%2s", h) place string of 2 characters stdin h.

• you exclude : character first string: scanf("%[^:]:%s", h, m)

putting of together, get:

char h[3], m[3]; // create 2 character arrays of 3 characters. if (scanf("%2[^:]:%2s", h, m) == 2) { // read time given , check 2 items read (as suggested chux)     printf("%s:%s", h, m); // print time given. }