Simple C code keeps crashing -
so code did: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { char playername; int playerage; printf("what's name, , age?\nyour name: "); scanf("%s\n", playername); printf("your age: "); scanf("%d\n", &playerage); printf("okay %s, %d years old!", playername, playerage); return 0; } and everytime run it, after input name crashes , don't know how fix it. these 3 things appear when closes: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', argument 2 has type 'int' [-wformat]| format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', argument 2 has type 'int' [-wformat]| 'playername' used uninitialized in function [-wuninitialized]| what mistake? scanf("%s\n", playername); wrong because %s call char* data playername here type char . you have make playername array of characters , set max length of input avoid buffer overflow. #in...