displaying numbers and strings from a structure in c -

#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h>  struct directory {     char name;     long int number;     int housenumber;     char street; };  int main(void) {     struct directory contact;     struct directory *answer1, *answer2, *answer3, *answer4;     char answer;      printf("welcome telephone directory.\n\nplease enter name of contact.\n");     scanf("%s", &contact.name);      printf("please enter number of contact.\n");     scanf("%ld", &contact.number);      printf("please enter address of contact.\n");     scanf("%d %s", &contact.housenumber, &contact.street);      answer1 = &contact;     answer2 = &contact;     answer3 = &contact;     answer4 = &contact;      printf("would obtain information on contact? enter 'yes' or 'no'.\n");     scanf("%s", &answer);       if (strcmp(&answer, "yes")==0) {         printf("%s\n", &answer1->name);         printf("%ld\n", answer2->number);         printf("%d", answer3->housenumber);         printf("%s", &answer4->street);     }      if (strcmp(&answer, "no")==0) {         printf("thank using telephone directory.\n");     }  } 

i'm trying make contacts program in c. want program print user's house address. have "housenumber" variable in structure , "street" variable in structure, setting "answer3" int variable display "housenumber" , "answer4" char variable display "street". together, hoping print user's address in single string, when run program , enter "yes" display contact information after entering house number , street, program crashes, , displays lldb bad thread error. seems right, because compiler says there no issues code, crashes. can please me this?

the mistake have observed in code is, have created name,street , answer variables char tried store strings in them using %s resulting crashing. in places either have use char * or character array.

    char *name //(or) char name[15] 

the modified code looks this

      #include <stdio.h>        struct directory {        char name[20];        long int number;        int housenumber;        char street[20];        };        int main(int argc, char *argv[])      {          struct directory contact;           struct directory *answer1, *answer2, *answer3, *answer4;           char answer[4];           printf("welcome telephone directory.\n\nplease enter name of                                          contact.\n");           scanf("%s", contact.name);           printf("please enter number of contact.\n");           scanf("%ld", &contact.number);           printf("please enter address , street of contact.\n");          scanf("%d %s", &contact.housenumber, contact.street);          answer1 = &contact;         answer2 = &contact;         answer3 = &contact;         answer4 = &contact;         printf("enter yes r no");         scanf("%s",answer);         if (strcmp(answer,"yes")==0) {           printf("%s\n", answer1->name);           printf("%ld\n", answer2->number);           printf("%d\n", answer3->housenumber);           printf("%s", answer4->street);        }        else {           printf("thank using telephone directory.\n");      }      return 0;      }