string input in linked list [C] -

i learning linked lists. wrote little programm myself practising mechanism linked lists. first attempt trying small pokedex (without saving anything). trying setup input correctly. works fine, no errors , can execute it.

the problem 2nd time of inputing pokemon name not read in data, instead skips reading in , goes directly scanf function, why case?

void addpokemon(void){      pokemonptr firstptr;     pokemonptr thispokemon;     firstptr = null;      firstptr =(pokemon *) malloc(sizeof(pokemon));     firstptr->name = malloc(sizeof(char) * pokemon_length);      printf ("enter name of pokemon.\n");     fgets(firstptr->name, pokemon_length, stdin); 

the problem right here, fgets not being executed, not prompt user enter string.

    printf ("enter number of pokemon.\n");     scanf("%d",&firstptr->number);      firstptr->next =(pokemon *) malloc(sizeof(pokemon));      thispokemon = firstptr->next;      int = 0;      while (i < 10){          thispokemon->name = malloc(sizeof(char) * pokemon_length);          printf ("enter name of pokemon.\n");         fgets(thispokemon->name, pokemon_length, stdin);         printf ("enter number of pokemon.\n");         scanf("%d",&thispokemon->number);          thispokemon->next =(pokemon *) malloc (sizeof(pokemon));         thispokemon = thispokemon->next;          i++;      } 

fgets stops reading when newline character read. in example, stdin has '\n' in fgets takes , done. because scanf doesn't read newline character when enter number, leaving in stdin.

two solutions:

instead of fgets, use scanf("%s", name);. works because %s ignore white space , newlines before string takes.

user getchar() read newline.