How to Enter Standard Input in Xcode Debugger Console

November 12, 2009 in Tools

I was having an issue when I ran a program in Xcode Debugger Console that utilized scanf() the program would just hang.

The program would work correctly when run directly from the Terminal.

The only solutions that I could find online were to install a previous version of Xcode.

Solution

When entering standard input, you need to terminate your string with the forward slash ‘/’.

Example:

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Tags: code, Console, Debugger, Example, input, scanf, Solution, string, Terminal, xcode