Thread: Infinite Loop Issue

Code:

while(sscanf(testSection,"%s",currentWord)==1){              
             if(strcmp(currentWord,argv[1])==0){
                fputc('1',output);
            } else {
                fputc('0',output);
                  }
        }

I'm trying to read in word by word from an array that contains a sentence, and I'm comparing each word to the word passed as an argument. For some reason however, this goes into an infinite loop because it keeps reading the first word over and over. Any one know why this is happening? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Otto45

it keeps reading the first word over and over. Any one know why this is happening? Thanks.

Because you're passing the same string to sscanf over and over
Kurt

testSection contains a sentence with spaces in between the words. Should this bit of code read in each word individually and the next time sscanf gets called it would move onto the next word?

sscanf() alwais starts from the beginning of the string, it doesn't save any state between calls.
Kurt

Use strtok().
Kurt

Alright, I was thinking about it wrong then, thank you.