Thread: output file is a unicode file under certain circumstances

My program creates an output file based on the user's input. The user enters a pronoun, and the pronoun gets placed into the output file. Each time the program runs, the user enters additional pronouns which get appended to the output file. I noticed that whenever the user enters "i" as the first pronoun in the file, the file is a unicode file. Whenever the user enters any other pronoun, the file is an ANSI file. I need the files to consistently be ANSI files. What can i do to prevent files which begin with "i" from being unicode files?

here is the code. i am using a c compiler provided by the Code Blocks program.

Code:

tensecomp = strncmp (past, tense, 2);
verbcount = count;

strncpy (filename2, username, length);
strcat (filename2, "pasttenseverbs.txt");
strncpy (filename5, username, length);
strcat (filename5, "pronounp.txt");
if (tensecomp ==0){
    outfile = fopen (filename5, "a");
        for (counter =0; answerfuture != 'n'; counter=counter +1){
        printf ("\n\nFor which pronoun did you learn past tense?");
        printf (" You may answer \ni for I\nyouf for you female\nyoum for you male\nhe for he\n");
    printf ("she for she\ntheyf for they female\ntheym for they males\nyoupg for you plural girls\nyoupb for you plural boys\n");
        scanf ("%s", & shemhagufp[counter]);
            comparison_vuv_f = strcmp ("theyf", shemhagufp[counter]);
            comparison_vuv_m = strcmp ("theym", shemhagufp[counter]);
            comparison_he_past = strcmp ("he", shemhagufp[counter]);
            comparison_she_past = strcmp ("she", shemhagufp [counter]);
            comparison_i_past = strcmp ("i", shemhagufp [counter]);
            if ((comparison_vuv_f==0) || (comparison_vuv_m ==0)|| (comparison_he_past ==0) || (comparison_she_past==0) || (comparison_i_past ==0) ){
                printf ("Did you teach the VUV HAMEHAPEICH with this SHEM HAGUF ?\n Type y for yes and n for no.");
                scanf (" %c", &vuvhamehapeich);
                    if (vuvhamehapeich=='y')
                    strcat (shemhagufp[counter], "and");
                    printf ("%s\n", shemhagufp[counter]);
                }
        fprintf (outfile, "%s ", shemhagufp[counter]);
        printf ("\ndo you want to enter another shemhaguf?");
        printf ("\nenter y for yes and n for no.\n Use lowercase only.\n");
        scanf (" %c", &answerfuture);
                    }
        fclose (outfile);
}

THANKS!

If your user puts an "i" as the first character, it will put "i " (trailing space) into the first position in the file... but that doesn't make it unicode. In a unicode file, containing the english alphabet every second byte will be a 0, not a space.