How to display data from a file?

Hey guys, today I'm trying to display data from a text file named ace_data.txt. Here's a preview of the first three lines i want to display:
2001 106 15
2002 65 12
2003 175 16

So basically, here is what my code looks like...

Code:

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#define FILENAME "ace_data.txt"

int main (void)
{

FILE *inp,
      *outp;

inp = fopen("FILENAME", "r");
outp = fopen("ace_data.out", "w");

if (inp == NULL )
        printf("Error opening file. Ending program...\n");
else{
        fscanf(inp, "%d %d %d \n")      }

}

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...and nothing is displayed when i run the program. I feel like I made some mistake with the fopen() and fscanf() functions but I'm not so sure how to correct them. Thanks in advance!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by yoyoyo

...and nothing is displayed when i run the program. I feel like I made some mistake with the fopen() and fscanf() functions but I'm not so sure how to correct them. Thanks in advance!

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Why do you expect any output? The only output function you use (printf()) is for printing the error message.
fscanf() just reads the values into variables (which you don't provide!).

Bye, Andreas

Alright, so the first column from the data file is the year the storm came (yearStorm)
the second column is Accumulated Cyclone Energy value (ace)
the third column is the number of tropical storms that came (numStorm)

Ok, so I've added these variables and also included a fprintf() in my file, but still, nothing shows up.

Code:

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#define FILENAME "ace_data.txt"
int main (void)
 {double yearStorm;
double ace;
double numStorm;
FILE *inp,   
 *outp;
inp = fopen("FILENAME", "r");
outp = fopen("ace_data.out", "w");
if (inp == NULL )   
    printf("Error opening file. Ending program...\n");
else{     
  fscanf(inp, "%d %d %d \n")     
 fprintf(outp, "%d %d %d\n", yearStorm, ace, numStorm);
}

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You give no place for fscanf to store the data. Read up on scanf/fscanf.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by yoyoyo

Ok, so I've added these variables and also included a fprintf() in my file, but still, nothing shows up.

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You probably should get "Error opening file. Ending program..." because your usage of the FILENAME macro is not correct:

Code:

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#define FILENAME "ace_data.txt"
...
inp = fopen("FILENAME", "r");
if (inp == NULL )   
    printf("Error opening file. Ending program...\n");

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Since you use quotes around FILENAME in the fopen()-call the preprocessor won't detect the macro (macros inside string literals aren't replaced) and you are trying to open a file called "FILENAME". Does a file with this name exist in your working directory?

Code:

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double yearStorm;
double ace;
double numStorm;
...
fscanf(inp, "%d %d %d \n")     
fprintf(outp, "%d %d %d\n", yearStorm, ace, numStorm);

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Besides the already mentioned missing variables in the fscanf()-call you also use the wrong format specifier. "%d" is for integers, "%f" (printf) and "%lf" (scanf) is for doubles.

And if you don't post properly indented code in the future you won't get much help.

Bye, Andreas