I can’t call a string

Question

I created an algorithm that simulates a stock of a dvd sales. It stores name, price and quantity. It has some functions and it enters them, one that informs the quantity and the price of a specific dvd and it is in her that I am having problems.

After calling the function and pulling the data from the struct, it should display the name, price and units. My problem is that I can only search and return strings with up to 3 letters.

Example: If I register and then search for "Max", it works fine, but if it is "Maax", it does not find anything.

Follow the code in case anyone can help me

void pesquisa(struct locadora v4[MAX])
{   int x;
char pesquisa[100];
printf ("\nInforme o nome de qual Dvd você quer buscar: ");
scanf("%s", &pesquisa);
for(x=0;x<MAX;x++)
    if ( strcmp ( pesquisa, v4[x].dvd)==0)
        printf ("\nO preço do dvd %s é R$ %.2f. Ele possui %d unidades em estoque!!\n", v4[x].dvd, v4[x].preco, v4[x].quant);
    else
            printf ("\nNão foi encontrado nenhum registro com esse nome");
}

Answer 1

Your mistake is in scanf().

scanf("%s", &pesquisa);

The correct form is

scanf("%s", pesquisa);
//          ^ sem &

You can still limit the possibility of buffer overflow if you enter the maximum number of characters to read

scanf("%99s", pesquisa);

And you should always check the amount returned

if (scanf("%99s", pesquisa) != 1) /* erro */;