Printf inserts % at the end of the line

Question

I'm writing a basic program to learn how to use basic input/output in C, and it works just fine. The only problem I have is when it prints, there is a "%" at the end of the string on the terminal. Here's my code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {

    char name[32];

    printf("Enter your name: ");
    scanf("%s", name);

    printf("Hello, %s", name);

    return 0;

}

When I run the program, the output is Hello, Andrew%

Any help?

Answer 1

There's nothing in your code that should explain this behavior. However, it seems likely that if you are running this from a shell, that may be your shell prompt.

Add a newline to your output:

printf("Hello, %s\n", name);

This should cause the prompt to print on the next line as you probably expected.