Problems with character input using scanf()

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You don’t handle the newline. The %c specifier doesn’t skip blanks. Try:

scanf(" %c", &newChar);
    /* ^ <-- Makes `scanf` eat the newline. */

Or maybe add an explicit test.

scanf(...);
if (newChar == '\n')
    continue;

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