How to create a string-type variable in C

Question

Question

How to declare a string variable in C?

Background

In my quest to learn the basics of c, I am trying to port one of my oldest python programs, Bob, to C. In the program, the script asks the user for information on him or herself, and then spits out responses. Almost all of these variables use raw_input for their information - the variables are strings. But, I have found no way to declare C variables.

Code

So far, I have tried to declare the variable as of type char and int. Here is the code, switch the type at your leisure.

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{

    int name;
    printf("What is your name?");
    scanf("%s",&name);
    printf("Your name is %s", name );

    return 0;
}

Error Message

When I run this code, Xcode returns some weird stuff. This part of the globidty-gloop is highlighted.

0x7fff96d2b4f0:  pcmpeqb(%rdi), %xmm0

Lasty, this Yahoo Answer said that I had to use something called a character array. It was posted 5 years ago, so I assumed that there was a better way.

EDIT

I am following the tutorial at C Programming.

Answer 1

char name[60];
scanf("%s", name);

Edit: restricted input length to 59 characters (plus terminating 0):

char name[60];
scanf("%59s", name);