command line args



my program usage takes the form for example;

$ theapp 2 "one or more words"

i.e. 3 command line arguments; application name, an integer, some text

my code includes the following 4 lines:

int aninteger;
char words[80];

sscanf(argv[1], "%d", &aninteger);
sscanf(argv[2], "%s", &message);

based on th example execution shown above this code results in th following assignments:

aninterger = 2 /* correct and as i thought*/
message = one /* not as i thought or intended*/

i thought when i printed out the value of message i would get:
one or more words

but instead i get:
one

i have done a test and the use of the " " marks seems to make "one or more words" be seen as a single argument. if i don't use the " " marks it sees every word as another argument.

so even though the program sees "one or more words" as a single argument, sscanf is not reading it properly. how can i overcome this problem?