Thread: Question about saving results to a txt file from a routine

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    Unhappy Question about saving results to a txt file from a routine

    Hi guys,
    I am writing a code to construct the shortest path between 2 points using the floyd warshall algorithm. However I am running into trouble while trying to print the results of my getpath routine. Basically what I do is I call the routine from main() using this code:


    Code:
    FILE *ofp=fopen("path.txt","w");
    fprintf(ofp,"    ");
    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) 
      {   
          for (j = i; j < n; j++)
    	
          {
    	  printf("The shortest distance between %d and %d is obtained by going through  ", i, j);
    	  fprintf(ofp,"%d ",i);
    	  getpath(i,j);
    	  fprintf(ofp, "%d \n ",j);
    	  printf("\n");
    	  	  
          }
      }
    fclose(ofp);
    Code:
    int getpath(int i, int j)
    {
    if (dist[i][j] == 0 )
    {
    
    }
    
    int intermediate = next[i][j];
    if (intermediate == 0)
    {
    
    }
    else
    {
    
    getpath(i, intermediate);
    printf("%d ", intermediate);
    getpath(intermediate, j);
    }
    return 0;
    }

    The problem is this. The get path utility is printing the intermediate nodes but I want those intermediate nodes but I want it to print those intermediate nodes in the path file. I have outputting the data from the getpath() routine, returning the values of k, and other stuff but nothing seems to be working. Please HELP!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanniballector View Post

    The problem is this. The get path utility is printing the intermediate nodes but I want those intermediate nodes but I want it to print those intermediate nodes in the path file.
    Either:

    1) pass a FILE* to getpath() and print to it, or
    2) return a string or other value from getpath() and use that to print to a file.
    C programming resources:
    GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
    The C Book -- nice online learner guide
    Current ISO draft standard
    CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
    3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
    cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge

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    Thankyou! I got it working properly. Thanks for the help

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