Thread: Problem with fprintf()

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    Problem with fprintf()

    Ok, I don't get it. This fprintf() statement isn't printing the string it should be. I swear it worked when I had it setup the exact same way in another program. It keeps printing "(null)" now though.

    Code:
        char distext[224];
        FILE *f;
    	f = fopen(filename,"wt");
    	if (!(f)) { MessageBox(NULL,"Unable to open file (PrintResults,1).","Error",0); return 0; }
           sprintf(distext,"some text %d", somevalue);
            fprintf(f,"%08X:  %08X  %s\n", vaddr, value, distext);
    MessageBox(NULL,distext,"Debug",0); //this shows the text fine, but fprintf prints null in place of the string. WHY?
    edit: unbelievable. value being a U64 was screwing it up.
    Last edited by Viper187; 06-21-2008 at 04:16 PM.

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    That's actually not so unbelievable. Since the fprintf(...) family of functions is not type safe, it has to rely on your format specifiers to know how to interpret what's on the stack. If you provide a 64-bit value yet give it a 32-bit specifier, then the _next_ argument will be taken from the wrong location.

    Most compilers nowadays do give warnings when the specifier and the type don't match up.

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    Also drop the "t" in "wt". It is not required and is a Microsoft extension.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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