Thread: segmentation fault

I have this function:

Code:

void count_airplanes(void)
{
  char line[DIML];
  char *vn;
  FILE *f_simulation = NULL;

  if((f_simulation = fopen("simulation.txt", "r"))==NULL)
  {
    printf("Can't open file %s", "simulation.txt");
    return;
  }

while(fgets(line, DIML, f_simulation)!= NULL)
{ 
  vn = fgets(line, DIML, f_simulation);

  if(vn[0] == 'A')
  {printf("%s", vn);}
}

What I want is to find the lines in my file that start with an "A". But for some reason this function is only finding the first line that starts with "A", and after it, the error message "segmentation fault" appears. Can someone help me please? Thanks!

Where do you allocate any memory for the variable vn?

Jim

I don't know if I understood correctly your question, but the variable vn is each line of the file simulation.

Each call to fgets reads a separate line. You call it once in your while loop condition and once in the body. You actually don't even need the vn variable:

Code:

while (fgets(line, DIML, f_simulation) != NULL) {
    if (line[0] == 'A') {
        printf("%s", line);
    }
}

Your code doesn't show a call to fclose, so make sure you close your file when you're done.

Finally I did it! thanks a lot!!