Thread: Switching file name

So something really weird is happening to my program for number 1. It compiles without warning but for some reason the filename gets changed to whatever string the function was counting so for the final print statement it prints "(whatever last string was in file) contains (however many words were in the file)" .. Anyone have any idea why?
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Code:

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>


int main()
{
FILE *fp;
char f_name[64];
char status;
int count = 0;
char x;


        printf("Enter the file name: ");
        scanf("%s", f_name);


        printf("%s\n", f_name);
        fp = fopen (f_name, "r");
        do
        {
        x = fscanf(fp,"%s", &x);
        status = x;
        if (status != EOF)
                {
        count++;
        printf("%s\n", f_name);
                }
        }
        while ( status != EOF );
        printf("%s contains %d words.\n", f_name, count);


        return 0;
}

What does the file look like?

Originally Posted by new2C-

What does the file look like?

It's just a standard txt file with a random assortment of words that the program counts.

Your fscanf is reading a string but only storing it in a char, (x). You should have a string to store the values.

x should be of type int I believe, EOF is int.

Will that fix my problem with it switch what f_name is? because the program does what it's supposed to except it switched f_name to whatever the last string was.

All you are doing is printing out the file name, you arent printing anything out from the file itself. I think you are experiencing some undefined behavior.

It prints out how many words were in the file.

Code:

x = fscanf(fp,"%s", &x);//x should be of type int, and the &x should be a string

//for example
int x,status;
char array[256];
x = fscanf(fp,"%s", array)

That fixed it! Thank you so much!