Thread: Load a file into a structure and output it to a screen

I am trying to find a way to load my file into a series of structures and then display the results out onto the screen but i seem to hit the infinite loop as the files isnt actually being read, any thoughts on how to get my file to load to it?

Code:

struct area_type
{
   int num_of_area;
   char address_of_area[200];
   char firstname[100];
   char surname[100];
   int num_of_location;
   float price;
} area_type;


int main()
{
   struct area_type * book_type;
   int numCounter;

   char filepath[256] ="";
   printf("Please enter the full path of the file to be loaded: %s", filepath);
   scanf("%s", filepath);
   getchar();

   FILE * fptr;
   if (((fptr = fopen(filepath,"r"))))
     {
       printf("The file has opened sucessfully for reading\n");
       while (fread(&area_type, sizeof area_type, 1, fptr) == 1)
       book_type = (struct area_type*) malloc(sizeof(struct * area_type) *numCounter);
       int i = 0;
         {
            for (i = 0; i < numCounter; i++)
              {
               printf("Area:%d, Address:%s, First name:%s, Surname:%s, Loaction:%d, Price:%f\n",
               book_type[i].num_of_properties, book_type[i].address_of_property,
               book_type[i].estate_firstname, book_type[i].estate_surname,
               book_type[i].num_of_bedrooms, book_type[i].price_property);
              }
         }
     }

@OP
Kindly put down your compiler and step away from the keyboard!

lol fatal error i presume, yahr i tried to run it and i get a seg fault

Code:

if (((fptr = fopen(filepath,"r"))))

That line needs a few more parentheses; you don't want to be struck down by the gods of operator precedence in that statement.