Thread: Mysterious number is being printed.

Originally Posted by arti

the number that is supposed to go in there is 100 then increment to 105.

Shouldn't you initialize it to 100 then ?

Code:

int number = 100;

Kurt

Okay i found out what was happening....Thank you all for helping me! It is so much appreciated!

And another problem.

I'm reading from the txt file that says

Code:

                                            Check NO.
    
Sabre Corporation
15790 West Henness Lane
New Corio, New Mexico 65790

and the program reads check no. but not sabre corporation

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void printReport(FILE **reportFILE, FILE **inputFILE);

#define CHECK         "************************************************************\n"
#define CHECKBORDER   "*                                    Check No. %3d         *\n"
#define CHECKFORMAT   "*                                                          *\n"
#define COMPANYNAME   "*      %s%s                                                    *\n"

#define CHECKFORMAT1  "*      Pay to the Order of                                 *\n"
#define CHECKNAME     "*      %s                                        *\n"
int main(void)
{
    char S_name[12+10];
 
    char s[30];
    char c[30];
    FILE * inputFILE;
    printReport(&inputFILE);

fprintf(stdout, CHECK);
  fprintf(stdout, CHECKBORDER, number);
  fprintf(stdout,CHECKFORMAT);
  fprintf(stdout, COMPANYNAME, s, c);
  


  //fprintf(stdout,CHECKFORMAT1);
  //fprintf(stdout,CHECKNAME, S_name);
  
  fclose(reportFILE);
 

  while(getchar()!= '\n');
  getchar;
  return 0;
}

void printReport(FILE **reportFILE, FILE **inputFILE)
{
   *inputFILE=fopen("./check.txt","r");
  if(*inputFILE==NULL)
  { 
    printf("File cannot be accessed");
    exit(-80);
  }
}

Originally Posted by ZuK

How could that be.
Your code doesn't even compile

Code:

chk.c: In function ‘main’:
chk.c:20:5: error: too few arguments to function ‘printReport’
     printReport(&inputFILE);
     ^
chk.c:4:6: note: declared here
 void printReport(FILE **reportFILE, FILE **inputFILE);
      ^
chk.c:23:32: error: ‘number’ undeclared (first use in this function)
   fprintf(stdout, CHECKBORDER, number);
                                ^
chk.c:23:32: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
chk.c:32:10: error: ‘reportFILE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
   fclose(reportFILE);

You're wasting our time.
Kurt

I am not wasting your time! This snippet of the code is from a bigger part of code which I have to take out so I don't have to post my entire code on the thread, which upon viewing what i posted i forgot to put the declaration for number which is an int set to 100 and also forgot to take out reportFILE because in this instance it is not being used.

Your code doesn't read anything at all. You forgot to post the relevant code.
Kurt

Originally Posted by arti

I am not wasting your time! This snippet of the code is from a bigger part of code which I have to take out so I don't have to post my entire code on the thread, which upon viewing what i posted i forgot to put the declaration for number which is an int set to 100 and also forgot to take out reportFILE because in this instance it is not being used.

So how about testing your code snippets before posting them?

Bye, Andreas

Originally Posted by AndiPersti

So how about testing your code snippets before posting them?

Bye, Andreas

Thank you for your advice. Here is the code that I'm having problems with. I followed the code that my tutor suggested i use and it is printing out garbage.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void printReport(FILE **inputFILE);
 
#define CHECK         "************************************************************\n"
#define CHECKBORDER   "*                                    Check No. %3d         *\n"
#define CHECKFORMAT   "*                                                          *\n"
#define COMPANYNAME   "*      %s%s                                                    *\n"
 
#define CHECKFORMAT1  "*      Pay to the Order of                                 *\n"
#define CHECKNAME     "*      %s                                        *\n"
int main(void)
{
    char S_name[12+10];
    int number=100;  
    char s[30];
    char c[30];
    FILE * inputFILE;
    printReport(&inputFILE);
 
fprintf(stdout, CHECK);
  fprintf(stdout, CHECKBORDER, number);
  fprintf(stdout,CHECKFORMAT);
  fprintf(stdout, COMPANYNAME, s, c);
   
 
 
  //fprintf(stdout,CHECKFORMAT1);
  //fprintf(stdout,CHECKNAME, S_name);
   
  fclose(inputFILE);
  
 
  while(getchar()!= '\n');
  getchar;
  return 0;
}
 
void printReport(FILE **inputFILE)
{
   *inputFILE=fopen("./check.data","r");
  if(*inputFILE==NULL)
  { 
    printf("File cannot be accessed");
    exit(-80);
  }
}

Since you didn't assign any values to 's' and 'c', what do you expect them to contain, but garbage?

Originally Posted by Matticus

Since you didn't assign any values to 's' and 'c', what do you expect them to contain, but garbage?

I'm reading ffrom the file check.data which then is supposed to print to the screen the name Sabre Corporation which is in the file. I fscanf then I fprintf so i could read then print but it's not working.

I fscanf...

Not in the code you just posted.

Originally Posted by Matticus

Not in the code you just posted.

I used fscanf and fprintf before and it worked but now it isn't. I'm currently using it and it's not working. I also USED the getline function but that's not working at all either.

Originally Posted by arti

I used fscanf and fprintf before and it worked but now it isn't. I'm currently using it and it's not working. I also USED the getline function but that's not working at all either.

I haven't been following this thread, I just made an observation on the latest code you posted, so I apologize if I'm not understand you here.

In the latest code you posted, post #23, you are not scanning anything, anywhere. So on the output you show in the screen shot in the same post is showing garbage being printed.

If it was a previous version of the code that had "fscanf()" calls, then that's irrelevant to your post #23 which contains, it appears, the latest version of the code and the resulting output.

Originally Posted by Matticus

I haven't been following this thread, I just made an observation on the latest code you posted, so I apologize if I'm not understand you here.

In the latest code you posted, post #23, you are not scanning anything, anywhere. So on the output you show in the screen shot in the same post is showing garbage being printed.

If it was a previous version of the code that had "fscanf()" calls, then that's irrelevant to your post #23 which contains, it appears, the latest version of the code and the resulting output.

True. Sorry about that. I'm getting desperate. I used fscanf and fprintf before posting here and it worked fine....since now I have to format the check with stars it is not working:

Code:

*         Sabre Corporation                                   *

That is what the output should look like.
I wrote these lines of code:

Code:

fscanf(inputFILE, "%s%s", s, c)// scan file and find sabre corporation
fprintf(inputFILE, COMPANYNAME, s, c) //COMPANYNAME contains the formatting "%s%s"

All I am getting is garbage

Can you post the updated code? It's a lot easier to help with something to reference.

I'm getting desperate.

Try to remain calm - you'll get nowhere good being frantic.