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In article <MGK.92Nov2131855@cedar.sql.sybase.com>, mgk@sql.sybase.com (Michael Keirnan aka Joe Cool) writes:
> I am not actually comtemplating using this construct. A coworker is
> enrolled in a course where the instructor has advised flushing stdin
> (yes, stdin) in conjunction with using scanf() to "flush the unwanted
> newline."

Is your coworker actually paying money for this "course"?  If so, I'd
advise him to demand an instructor who actually knows something about
the subject.  4.9.5.2 The fflush Function (emphasis mine):

	If stream points to an output stream or an update stream in
	which the most recent operation was not input, the fflush
	function causes any unwritten data for that stream to be
	delivered to the host environment to be written to the file;
	*otherwise, the behavior is undefined*.
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