Thread: deleting numbers in text files

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    deleting numbers in text files

    HI people,

    I am trying to delete numbers from any text file. I have this much so far:
    Code:
    int main(){
         char c, filename[10]; FILE *fp;
    	 printf("Eneter a filename");
    	 scanf("%s", filename);
    	 if((fp=fopen(filename, "r")) !=NULL){
    	      while ((c=fgetc(fp)) !=EOF)
    			fputc(c, stdout);
    	 }	 
    	 else{
    
    		   printf("could not open file ", filename);
    	 }
    	 if (isxdigit(fputc(c, stdout))){
    printf("\nThere is a number");
    	 }
    	 else
    	 {
    printf("\nThere are no numbers");
    	 }
    
     printf(" \nEnter a filename");
    	 scanf("%s", filename);
    }
    The files opens, and compiles but it does not match numbers.
    Can anyone help
    thanks

    rick

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    If you want to check whether c is a numeric character, you probably need to do that before you destroy it (by reading the next character).

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    Note that c should be of type int to correctly check the EOF condition
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
    – David J. Wheeler

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