Thread: Quick Q - Array to File

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    Quick Q - Array to File

    I'm sure there is likely a simple solution to this, but my brain has turned to mush working on this code.

    Code:
    	while(i > 0)
    	{
    	   printf("%d\n", array[--i]);
    	}
    if this code will simply display my array....How can I change this to write the array[--i] to a file. I've tried the following code, but get an error message. Could someone please point me in the right direction.

    Code:
    	while(i > 0)
    	{
    	   fptr = fopen("junk3.txt", "w");
    	   fwrite(array[--i], sizeof(array[i]), 1, fptr);
    	   fclose(fptr);
    	}

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    Code:
    fwrite(&array[--i], ... /* why not write entire array at once? */
    fwrite(array, i, 1, ... /* hooray */
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    Put fclose() outside the while loop.

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    Here is another idea.
    Code:
    fptr = fopen("junk3.txt", "w");
    if(fptr)
    {
       while(i > 0)
       {
          fprintf(fptr, "%d\n", array[--i]);
       }
       fclose(fptr);
    }
    Text files have advantages of being "human readable", the data can be viewed/changed easily using a text editor, and they are fairly portable.
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