Reading strings from a file
I'm quite new to C and I'm a wee bit stuck here and would be very grateful for any help or advice you guys could share.
Im trying to open a text file and read a string into an array but I don't know if my syntax is wrong or it's just bad programming. Heres the code so far:
Please help I'm getting really sick of my own silly mistakes and lack of knowledgeCode:/* Include Header Files */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> /* Define Symboli constants */ /* Type Declerations */ typedef struct { char name[25]; char country[25]; int age; float finalScore; float judgesScore[5]; }gymnast; /* Function Prototypes */ double GetReal(void); int GetInteger(void); /* Global Variables */ FILE *fptr; //Defines a file pointer /* Main Funtion */ void main(void) { int i; char fileName[30]; gymnast competitors[15]; puts("Please enter the file name with the data"); gets(fileName); fptr = fopen("fileName", "r"); //Opens the data file that was inputd if( fptr == 0) { puts("An error occured when opening the file "); exit(1); //Cheacks the file is valid } for(i = 0; i <=15; i++) { competitors[i].name = fgets(fptr); puts(competitors[i].name); }
Cheers Gav
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