customer input

Hi, I have to write a program in C to enter basic information about a customer into several string variables. This is the criteria I have to follow:

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Write a program in C to enter basic information about a customer into several string variables. Use printf() for screen output and the fixgets() function to input each field. Combine all of the individual strings to one string for output as illustrated. This will require the use of strcat() and strcpy() as demonstrated in class. The field length is listed on the sample screen. Remember that the variable is declared 1 larger to accomodate the NULL. The combined field should be 133+1 characters. The input locations should be in the same column, as illustrated. Also, the char array for each field is one greater than the field length to accommodate the NULL.

Basic Input Screen (space) Field Length (do not display on screen)
Customer Number A12345 (space) 6
First Name James (space) 15
Middle Initial E (space) 1
Last Name Jones (space) 25
Address 234 S. Maple Street (space) 30
City San Fran (space) 15
State Ca (space) 2
Zip Code 12345 (space) 10
Phone 345-123-4567 (space) 12

----------Output--------
A12345 / Jones, James E / 234 S. Maple Street / San Fran, Ca 12345 / 345-123-4567

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This is what I have:

Code:

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/* basicinput.c by Aron, 11/21/05 */
/* This program shows basic information about a customer using strings
 * The strings are copied inton on string at the end */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int fixgets(char *, int ,FILE *);

int main ()

{
/* Declarations */
char cusnum[7], fname[16], mi[2], lname[26], address[31], city[16], st[3], zcode[11], phone[13];
char combo[134];


/* Input Section */
printf("Customer Number ");
fixgets(cusnum, 7, stdin);

printf("\nFirst Name      ");
fixgets(fname, 16, stdin);

printf("\nMiddle Initial  ");
fixgets(mi, 2, stdin);

printf("\nLast Name      ");
fixgets(lname, 26, stdin);

printf("\nAddress        ");
fixgets(address, 31, stdin);

printf("\nCity            ");
fixgets(city, 16, stdin);

printf("\nState          ");
fixgets(st, 3, stdin);

printf("\nZip Code        ");
fixgets(zcode, 11, stdin);

printf("\nPhone          ");
fixgets(phone, 13, stdin);


/* Processing */
strcpy(combo, cusnum);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcpy(combo, lname);
strcat(combo, ", ");
strcpy(combo, fname);
strcpy(combo, mi);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcpy(combo, address);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcpy(combo, city);
strcat(combo, ", ");
strcpy(combo, st);
strcat(combo, " ");
strcpy(combo, zcode);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcpy(combo, phone);

/* Output */
printf("\n%s\n", combo);

return 0;
}

/* This routine fixes fgets incorporation of line feeds and other
 * ASCII values less than 32 into an input string.  Written by H. Brown.
 */
int fixgets(char input_array[], int length, FILE *file_name)
  {
  register int position=0;

  if (fgets(input_array,length,file_name) != NULL)
    {
    while(input_array[position] != 0)
          {              if (input_array[position] < 32) input_array[position]=0;
          else ++position;
          }
    }
  /* The length of the string is returned. */
  fflush(stdin);
  return position;
  }

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The problem I have is that in the output section all it lists is the phone number, not "A12345 / Jones, James E / 234 S. Maple Street / San Fran, Ca 12345 / 345-123-4567". Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

Cause that's what strcpy() does. It overwrites what's in there. Since you're strcpying the phone at the end, that's what the string will read.

Try this:

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strcpy(combo, cusnum);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcat(combo, lname);
strcat(combo, ", ");
strcat(combo, fname);
strcat(combo, " ");
strcat(combo, mi);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcat(combo, address);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcat(combo, city);
strcat(combo, ", ");
strcat(combo, st);
strcat(combo, " ");
strcat(combo, zcode);
strcat(combo, " / ");
strcat(combo, phone);

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Think of strcat looking something like:

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char *strcat(char *dest, char *src)
{
  return strcpy(dest + strlen(dest), src);
}

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They're almost exactly the same. The only difference is that strcat() writes the src string at the end of dest and strcpy writes src at the beginning of it.

Is this your site?

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/willc...s/basicinput.c

Maybe. willc0de4food (in the path) is another user. Maybe [s]he signed up twice.

[S]he better hope that's the case, cause plagiarism is a bad bad offense.

It is worth mentioning that both of these uses appear to be from Michigan according to thier profiles, so being the same person isn't out of the question.

Heh, nope we're not the same people, but we do go to the same school. This is for a class and I'm assuming he either is taking, or has taken the class. I noticed the "fixgets" section was "written by H. Brown", which is my teacher. Looks like I may have to check up on his site next time I have something due ;-)

And the fix worked, thank you very much. I knew the definition of strcat's and strcpy's, but I guess I wasn't really applying anything. Kinda obvious when I think of it. Feel kinda stupid, but I'm still thankful for the help.