problem with code

[MPrestonf12]

I can not get this code to work i've tried everything!!

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
char mystr;
char *p;
char retval;

printf("%s\n", "enter letter");

scanf("%s", mystr);

p = &mystr;

retval = *p;

printf(retval);

system("pause");
return 0;
}

[parksie]

The problem is that char only allocates ONE CHARACTER. You need to have an array:

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <conio.h> 

int main(void) { 
    char mystr[20];

    printf("Enter letter: ");
    scanf("%s", mystr); 
    printf("%s", mystr); 

    system("pause"); 
    return 0; 
}