Only string between 5 and 10 characters inputted? C Programming - c

Question

So my program needs to consist of it forcing the user to input a string between 5-10 characters, with validation, so ensuring that the length is correct, i have this so far but completely stuck, any advice on how to validate the data type to only strings allowed to be inputted?
char x[10];
int length, i;
for(i=0;i=10;i=i+1){
printf("Please enter 5-10 Characters\n");
scanf("%s", &x);
length = strlen(x);
if (length < 5){
printf("Not Long Enough!\n");
}
if (length > 10){
printf("Too Long!\n");
}
while('x' == 'char'){
if (scanf("%s", &x) == 1){
return 0;
}else{
printf("Not a string, Try again");
gets(x);
}
}
printf("You inputted: %s\n", x);
}

Answer 1

Various problems in code, so will center on the title topic.
Only string between 5 and 10 characters inputted?
any advice on how to validate the data type to only strings allowed to be inputted?
Use fgets() to read a line of user input. I would use a helper function.
scanf() does not well recover from errant input. Do not use it.
Be sure to use a large enough buffer to hold the 10 characters read and the appended null character. #Weather Vane
// Return 1 on success
// Return -1 on EOF
// Return 0 on failure (too long or too short)
// `x` must be at least size `max + 1`
int read_line_min_max(char *x, size_t min, size_t max) {
if (fgets(x, max + 1, stdin) == NULL) return -1;
size_t len = strlen(x);
if (len > 0 && x[len - 1] == '\n') {
x[--len] = '\0'; // lop off potential \n
} else {
// more data to read, but saving not needed, simply consume it
int ch;
while ((ch = fgetc(stdin)) != '\n' && ch != EOF) {
len++;
}
}
return (len >= min) && (len <= max);
}
Example
#define READ_MIN 5
#define READ_MAX 10
char buffer[READ_MAX + 1];
int result;
do {
printf("Please enter 5-10 Characters\n");
result = read_line_min_max(buffer, READ_MIN, READ_MAX);
} while (result == 0);
while('x' == 'char') is unclear.
Perhaps should be while(strcmp(x, "char") != 0)