用scanf读一个unsigned char?

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I'm trying to use this code to read values between 0 to 255 (unsigned char). #include<stdio.h> int main(void) { unsigned char value; /* To read the numbers between 0 to 255 */ printf("Please enter a number between 0 and 255 \n"); scanf("%u",&value); printf("The value is %u \n",value); return 0; } I do get the following compiler warning as expected. warning: format ‘%u’ expects type ‘unsigned int *’, but argument 2 has type ‘unsigned char *’ And this is my output for this program. Please enter a number between 0 and 255 45 The value is 45 Segmentation fault I do get the segmentation fault while running this code. What is the best way to read unsigned char values using scanf? c share | edit asked  Jan 3 at 20:09 user1293997 76 6

use %c to read a byte –  TJD  Jan 3 at 20:12 4   Actually %hhu for unsigned char. –  Joe  Jan 3 at 20:15   @TJD. I don't want to read a char. I would like to read values between 0 to 255. –  user1293997  Jan 3 at 20:15   @Joe. That worked great. Thanks a lot. –  user1293997  Jan 3 at 20:17   user1293997: you might want to write an answer and accept it (assuming @Joe is not interested in doing so). The only currently standing answer is quite incorrect. –  user4815162342  Jan 3 at 20:34

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The %u specifier expects an integer which would cause undefined behavior when reading that into aunsigned char. You will need to use the unsigned char specifier %hhu. share | edit answered  Jan 3 at 20:46 Joe 27.3k 3 39 68