good.c

/*
 * program to show problems with gets()
 *
 * this is like bad.c but there is no overflow
 *
 * Matt Bishop, ECS 36A
 * April 12, 2024	original version
 */
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
	int i = 4;	/* before the buffer */
	char buf[10];	/* input buffer */
	int j = 5;	/* after the buffer */

	/*
	 * read the input
	 */
	if (fgets(buf, 10, stdin) == NULL){
		printf("Didn't read anything!\n");
		return(1);
	}

	/*
	 * print out result; ni=o change to i or j
	 */
	printf("Buffer is %s, i = %d, j = %d\n", buf, i, j);

	/* done! */
	return(0);
}

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ECS 36A, Programming & Problem Solving Version of April 2, 2024 at 12:13PM

You can get the raw source code here.