Looping problem

Where am I going wrong?
I am reading a file using gets() with a for loop and printing the string using strtok with a while() loop.
Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Code:

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

int main()
{
	
	char customerString[1047];
	char *tokenPtr;
	int k;
	char ch;

	printf("Login Id  User Id  Group Id  User Name  User Home               Directory   Starting Shell\n",
	 "", "", "", "");
	for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
	{
		gets(customerString);
	    
	}
	
	tokenPtr = strtok(customerString, ":");

	while ( tokenPtr != NULL)
	{
		printf("%s \t", tokenPtr);
		tokenPtr = strtok(NULL, ":");
	}
		
	ch = getchar();
	
	return 0;
}//End main

Example input:
[code]
ceva8710:x:1007:100:ahmadmateen:/home/students/ceva8710:/bin/sh
[\code]

Code:

for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
	{
		gets(customerString);
	    
	}

I think that will only get the last input. You need to use strcat to append input to an array. Try that first. I'm not sure if the strtok is correct because I have not used it in a while.

for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
{
gets(customerString);

}
the above code doesnt make sense , you are reading strings from the standard input seven times and storing them in the same buffer , only the last one stays stored . It is usually better to use fgets than gets .

Originally posted by sketchit
Where am I going wrong?
I am reading a file using gets() with a for loop and printing the string using strtok with a while() loop.
Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Code:

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

int main()
{
	
	char customerString[1047];
	char *tokenPtr;
	int k;
	char ch;

	printf("Login Id  User Id  Group Id  User Name  User Home               Directory   Starting Shell\n",
	 "", "", "", "");
	for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
	{
		gets(customerString);
	    
	}
	
	tokenPtr = strtok(customerString, ":");

	while ( tokenPtr != NULL)
	{
		printf("%s \t", tokenPtr);
		tokenPtr = strtok(NULL, ":");
	}
		
	ch = getchar();
	
	return 0;
}//End main

Example input:
[code]
ceva8710:x:1007:100:ahmadmateen:/home/students/ceva8710:/bin/sh
[\code]