To get an integer from stdin (the default is the keyboard), use the scanf function, specifying the %d format.
For example:
/* Example: how to get an integer from user input in C language */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { int number; printf("Please enter a number: "); scanf("%d", &number); printf("number: %d", number); return 0; }
output:
Please enter a number: 123 number: 123