C - Printing a 2D Char Array - c

Question

How do I print the elements of a 2D Char Array in C?
Here is my current code:
int main()
{
unsigned int size;
printf("Enter size:\n");
scanf("%d",&size);
char word[size][size];
//Enter the matrix
for(int k = 0; k < (size); ++k){
for (int j = 0; j < (size); ++j){
printf("Enter letter:");
scanf("%c",&word[k][j]);
}
}
//printf("\n");
for (int k = 0; k < size; ++k){
for(int j = 0; j < size; ++j){
printf("%c",word[k][j]);
}
//printf("\n ");
}
printf("\n");
}
When executed it returns the element in pairs (using a 4x4 array)
Example:
ab
cd
ef
gh
ij
kl
mn
op
Rather than my desired output:
abcd
efgh
ijkl
mnop
Why is this?

Answer 1

changing your scanf solves all the problems
scanf(" %c",&word[k][j]); // notice the space before '%c'
And also you need to change your printing loop to this
for (k = 0; k < size; ++k){
for(j = 0; j < size; ++j){
printf("%c",word[k][j]);
}
printf("\n");
}

Answer 2

Beware: %c and %1s do different things (apart from adding a terminating null for the latter):
c take every character including space, tab, cr and lf
%1s skip over all blanks (space, tab, cr, lf, etc.)
So at input time, you should use:
char c[2]; // provide room for a terminating null...
...
for(int k = 0; k < (size); ++k){
for (int j = 0; j < (size); ++j){
printf("Enter letter:");
scanf("%1s",c);
word[k][j] = c[0];
}
}
And at print time:
for (int k = 0; k < size; ++k){
for(int j = 0; j < size; ++j){
printf("%c",word[k][j]);
}
printf("\n "); // new line after each line
}

Answer 3

I removed the reading and it seems like printing is ok:
int main()
{
const unsigned int size = 4;
char word[size][size];
//Enter the matrix
for (int k = 0; k < (size); ++k) {
for (int j = 0; j < (size); ++j) {
word[k][j] = 'a' + j + (k * size);
}
}
for (int k = 0; k < size; ++k) {
for (int j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
printf("%c", word[k][j]);
}
printf("\n");
}
printf("\n");
getchar();
return 0;
}
And the output:
abcd
efgh
ijkl
mnop

Answer 4

I found two issues with your source.
One is the memory allocation - that is actually not ansi-c.
If you need dynamic memory you need to allocate it at runtime. Consider switching to c++ since there are standard facilities that help with that in a safer way.
The second issue was that there is a whitespace character in the buffer that is used as an input character. I think you want to clear that.
Here is the source with additional comments:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void ansiC()
{
unsigned int size;
printf("Enter size:\n");
scanf("%d", &size);
//char word[size][size]; <- this is not ansi-c because size is unknown at compile time
char * word = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)* size * size);
//Enter the matrix
for (int k = 0; k < (size); ++k)
{
for (int j = 0; j < (size); ++j)
{
printf("Enter letter:");
scanf("%c ", &word[k * size + j]);
//since word is just a pointer i changed the way the position is calculated
//after the character the user presses the enter key
//this puts a whitespace character on the buffer.
//by adding the space after %c you also clear that from the buffer
}
}
//printf("\n");
for (int k = 0; k < size; ++k)
{
for (int j = 0; j < size; ++j)
{
printf("%c", word[k * size + j]);
//since word is just a pointer i changed the way the position is calculated
}
//printf("\n ");
}
printf("\n");
free(word); //if you use malloc you need to remember to use free
}
int main()
{
ansiC();
return 0;
}

Answer 5

Please check this .
# include <iostream.h>
# include <conio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
char arr[5][3]={"abc","aks","tny","dkn","kbf"};
for(int a=0;a<5;a++)
{
for(int b=0;b<3;b++)
{
cout<<" "<<arr[a][b];
}
cout<<endl;
}
getch();
}