string copying

[Filorn]

After writing the string the program crashes :(

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
char s1[8],s2[8];
int main(){
	printf("Inserisci 8 caratteri: ");
	scanf("%s",&s1);
	strcpy(s2,s1);
	printf("Ora s2 e': %s",s2);
	return 0;
}

[Peter87]

The program can not handle words longer than 7 characters. If you input a longer word it could lead to a program crash.

The %s specifier expects a char* but &s1 gives you a pointer to the array which has type char(*)[8]. I doubt it will lead to any trouble but to be correct it should be scanf("%s",&s1[0]); or scanf("%s",s1);

[Filorn]

it doesn't work... i tried to change the scanf and the length of the char but it doesn't work

[Peter87]

When the program crashes, what error message do you get?

[Filorn]

windows says that my program has finished to work