C programming question

[JC0133]

So I am trying to practice creating linked list. I run into a bug immediately using scanf. I am using a printf statement followed by a scanf but it seems to be working backwards. Like the printf s will not run until after scanf. Which is really weird to me.

#include<stdio.h>



//linked list node
typedef struct myList {
int info; //data info
struct mylist *link; //self reference link
}Node;

int main()
{
printf("Starting\n");

Node *a = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));
Node *b = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));
Node *c = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));

a ->link = NULL;
b ->link = NULL;
c ->link = NULL;

//this section is working backwards
printf("a data = ?");
scanf("%d", &a->info);




putchar('\n');

return 0;

}

terminal output:

1(input 1 here)
Starting
a data = ?


Starting and a data =?, should be printing 1st??

 

[Ken g6]

I think stdout's buffer is usually line based. Try a fflush(stdout)?