Thread: can't compile program

Hi all. I've been self-learning C for about 3 weeks now.

I am trying to open a file and read the first 150 characters into a character array, and then
print the string to the screen.

Here's what I've done so far:

Code:

 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
 
#define MAXLENGTH 40
#define STRINGLENGTH 150
 
int main(void)
{
    char stringbuffer[STRINGLENGTH];
    int counter;
 
    FILE *openedfile;
    char filename[MAXLENGTH];
 
    printf("Enter a filename to open: ");
    fgets(filename, MAXLENGTH, stdin);
 
    if ((openedfile = fopen(filename, "r") == NULL)
       puts("Error opening file");
 
    while (!feof(openedfile))
    {
       for (counter = 0; counter < STRINGLENGTH; counter++)
           fgets(stringbuffer,STRINGLENGTH,openedfile);
    }
 
    puts(stringbuffer);
 
    fclose(openedfile);
 
    return 0;
}

But the compiler is giving the error messages:

18: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast

19: parse error before `puts'

Can someone please explain why I am getting these messages?

Thanks in advance.

I am trying to open a file and read the first 150 characters into a character array,

Your program does something different. Check the while / for / fgets part.