Using C program to append text to txt file

Hallo

I am new at C so please forgive me for the simple question. I am trying to understand how to append some code to a text file. I have run a simple program like the one below. Basically it opens a text file and then it appends the string aaaaaaaaaa

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
char s[10] = {"\naaaaaaaaaa"};
int main(void)
{
FILE *file = fopen("test.txt", "a");
fputs("\nHallo World",file);
fputs(s,file);


fclose(file);

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

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Now that I know how to append the above string, I now would like to extend the experiment to append the following snipped of code in my test.txt file:

Code:

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<Placemark>
<name>12:01</name>
<Snippet maxLines="0"></Snippet>
<description>&amp;nbsp;</description>
<styleUrl>#gv_waypoint</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>30,-29,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>

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How do I go about doing this? The problem I am experiencing is that all the / and " characters in the above snippet of code seems to get the C compiler confused. I have limited knowledge on this subject and I would appreciate some guidence.

One thought I had was to create a string like the one below but as I mentioned, the number 0 in the code is surrpunded by " " and this confuses the compiler:

Code:

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char s[250] = {"<Placemark>
<name>12:01</name>
<Snippet maxLines="0"></Snippet>
<description>&amp;nbsp;</description>
<styleUrl>#gv_waypoint</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>30,-29,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>"} ;

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To have quote characters in a string within source code, escape each one with a backslash. Backslashes also have to be escaped (with a second backslash).

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("\"Hello\"\n");  /*  will output Hello surrounded by double quotes, then a newline  */
}

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Probably better to put the text you want to append in a separate file, and then read data from that file to append it to the other. No need to use a backslash to escape things if the data is read by the program from a file.

Since strings are denoted by "quotation marks" you need to escape them if they are part of your data. You escape any character with \, like '\"'. If you intend to put in a \ you must write '\\'. You generally don't have to worry about '/' characters. So that is pretty much the solution here.

You can also use syntax highlighting to help yourself.

Code:

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"<Placemark> \
<name>12:01</name> \
<Snippet maxLines=\"0\"></Snippet> \
<description>&amp;nbsp;</description> \
<styleUrl>#gv_waypoint</styleUrl> \
<Point> \
<coordinates>30,-29,0</coordinates> \
</Point> \
</Placemark>"

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Code:

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char s[10] = {"\naaaaaaaaaa"};

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Are you aware that your array is too small? You have 10 a's, one newline and one '\0' (for terminating a C-String) thus you would need an array which can at least hold 12 characters.

Bye, Andreas