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i want to know how (gets)works

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No, you don't. You want to stay away from gets() entirely, in fact. The function is extremely dangerous, because it is prone to buffer overruns, and no experienced C/C++ programmer still uses it.

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Well, knowing how it works and using it are entirely different.

I agree with Schol-R-LEA in that you should never use this function. However, if you want to learn how it works internally to better understand it and why you should avoid it - that is a good thing.

Look for an open source implementation of it (FreeBSD, for example: gets.c)

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