searching a text file for a word

i was given the assignment in college to write a program in c that will run from the command prompt and will search a desired text file for a desired word heres the code that i have and i think it should work but then im not sure so can any one help me with this

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int ch;
    char string[150];
    char *tokenptr;
   
    FILE *in_stream;

    if(argc==3)
    {
    if((in_stream=fopen(argv[1],"r"))==NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr,"Could Not Open File!");
        perror("Because");
        return 1; fclose(in_stream);
    }
    else
    {
    while(!feof(in_stream))
    {
        fgets(string,150,in_stream);
        printf("%s\n\n",string);
        tokenptr=strtok(string," ");
        while(tokenptr!=NULL)
        {
            ch=strcmp(tokenptr,argv[2]);
            if(ch==0)
            {
                printf("%s was Found In File",argv[2]);
            }
            else
            {
                printf("%s was not found in the file",argv[2]);
            }

        fclose(in_stream);
            return 0;
        }
        }
        }
    if(argc!=3)
        return 1;
    }
}

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co the idea is that if my text file says "This is a text file and it can be searched"

and at the dos window i type

Code:

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C:\prog\debug\c_find mytextfile.txt can

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why does the reply always come back saying it cant find the word

ps its called c_find as not to confuse my self with the dos command and im using vc6 if that helps

My guess from looking at your poor indentation is that you close the file after checking the first word.

Also, there are a number of FAQ points which relate to your code.

I am unsure why your program doesn't work.... but I have recently being doing something similar and used the strstr function.... it seems to be a whole lot easier.

the parameters are as follows:

strstr(string1, string2)

where string 1 is the word to search, and string 2 is the string to search within. The return of the function is the position of the searched string if it is found.

so i have been sitting down for the last couple of hours and ive just found my problem is the strcmp bit i was checking the thing wrong so the if statement after wards was looking for the wrong integer

Code:

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ch=strcmp
(tokenptr,argv[2]);
            if(ch==0)

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is should be

Code:

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ch=strcmp
(tokenptr,argv[2]);
            if(ch==1)

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thanks for any ideas

EDIT: sorry for the mistake

errrr those look the same to me?!?

See the problem yet, when you have decent formatting?

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int ch;
    char string[150];
    char *tokenptr;

    FILE *in_stream;

    if (argc == 3) {
        if ((in_stream = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Could Not Open File!");
            perror("Because");
            return 1;
            fclose(in_stream);  /*!! HOW IS THIS REACHED? */
        } else {
            while (!feof(in_stream)) {
                fgets(string, 150, in_stream);
                printf("%s\n\n", string);
                tokenptr = strtok(string, " ");
                while (tokenptr != NULL) {
                    ch = strcmp(tokenptr, argv[2]);
                    if (ch == 0) {
                        printf("%s was Found In File", argv[2]);
                    } else {
                        printf("%s was not found in the file", argv[2]);
                    }

                    fclose(in_stream);  /*!! one word read, now bomb out */
                    return 0;
                }
            }
        }
        if (argc != 3)  /*!! smooth - it's inside if ( argc == 3 ) */
            return 1;
    }
}

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