Thread: can't get loop to increment

the code below is part of my program. For some reason, I can't get the outermost for loop to increment. the outermost loop - for (i=1; i < file_len_suffix+1; i ++){ does not get incremented. what did i do wrong?

Code:

if (file_len_suffix>0){
infile = fopen (file6suffixes, "r");
outfile = fopen (filename4, "a");
for (i=1; i < file_len_suffix+1; i ++){
    fscanf (infile, "%s", & cum_suffixes [i]);
    printf ("\n%s\n", & cum_suffixes [i]);
    suffixcomp = strncmp (cum_suffixes[i], the, 4);
        if (suffixcomp==0){
            for (i=1; i < file_len+1; i ++){
                for (j=1; j <file_len_v+1; j++)
                    fprintf(outfile, "the %s %s.\n", cum_nouns[i], cum_verbs[j]);
                                            }
                           }

suffixcomp = strncmp (cum_suffixes[i], to, 3);
         if (suffixcomp ==0){
             for (i=1; i<file_len-1;i++){
                 for (j=1; j<file_len_v+1; j++)
                 fprintf(outfile, "%s %s to the %s", cum_nouns[i], cum_verbs[j], cum_nouns[i+1]);
                                        }
                            }
                            }
fclose (infile);
fclose (outfile);
                       }

Take a look at the outer and the first nested loop.... you're using the same variable (i).

The outer i is known to the inner loop as well, each time the inner loop runs the outer one is set to the length of the file.

THANK YOU! I just changed my inner loop variable to j and k, and it's working beautifully!