How do I get input from user in the first problem set of cs50?

Question

I'm required to implement the get_string method in order to ask user for input but I'm having trouble running the program though I think I have followed the steps correctly.

Here's my code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <cs50.h>


int main(void)
{ string name = get_string("What is your name?\n");

   // string name= get_string("What is your name, huh? \n"); 
    printf("hello, %s\n", name);
}

Now to run the program, I type in ./hi ( hi is the folder name) to compile and the ls.. when I type clang hello.c ( hello.c is the name of the file I'm writing in) I get error.. I do not understand the difference between clang hello.c and ./hi ..

Answer 1

Instead of running clang, try running $ make hello.c This should make a file named hello. The terminal will also show you all the compiler arguments CS50 has added to clang. You should then be able to run using $ ./hello