file opening problem

Originally Posted by bigmac(rexdale)

oh ok, so fclose after i return fp? and i made the changes

...no. Once you return, your function is done. return() does just that - it returns the execution flow back to the calling function.

You do not fclose() at all. That's the calling function's job.

Originally Posted by Lithorien

...no. Once you return, your function is done. return() does just that - it returns the execution flow back to the calling function.

You do not fclose() at all. That's the calling function's job.

oh, thanks man helped me out alot

OK this is strange, you are using all C in your project.
Are you supposed to do that? This is C++, so...
You are reading with scanf in a very unsafe way, but you could easily fix that by using the "correct" C++ model instead.
Or are you going to keep on using C? I'm wondering here...