Trying to read all the characters in a line

[kostaskol]

Hello there people. I am pretty new in C and programming in general. I was trying to make a password checking programme and I seem to be stuck.

int main (void)
{char ch;
while ((ch=getchar()) != EOF){

This is the beginning of my code and whenever I try to type in a password, ch just gets each character one by one. For example, when I type in 348%tdwe, it says
3 is a valid password
4 is a valid password
...
e is a valid password.
I am not sure if I am saying this correctly (although I sure do hope so) and I would like to ask you not to give me too complex answers because (again) I am just a month in..
Thank you in advance

[deceptikon]

You need to validate the password completely, then display the output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    const char *pass = "letmein";
    int ch; // int, not char!

    while ((ch = getchar()) != '\n') {
        if (ch != *pass++)
            break;
    }

    if (*pass)
        puts("Invalid password");
    else
        puts("Welcome!");
}

Note that your code contains a bug as well. ch should be declared as an int to ensure that EOF (a value guaranteed to be outside the range of valid characters) is properly handled.

[kostaskol]

ooh boy.. thank you so much mate. Really appreciate it..