Thread: Need Help Fast Please

I have a piece of code that I had to work on for a class assignment. I'm trying to figure out where all of my mistakes are and i narrowed it down pretty nicely until i started getting a batch of other problems out of nowhere, take a look and give me feedback if you would. THANK YOU!!!

Write a program to read the employee file and create a payroll register. The register will contain the following data:

A. Employee number (print left justified)
B. Department
C. Pay rate
D. Exempt
E. Hours worked
F. Base pay (pay rate * hours worked)

the employee file is just a .txt file im supposed to create with this information:

Employee No. Department Pay rate Exempt Hours worked
0101 41 8.11 Y 49
0722 32 7.22 N 40
1273 23 5.43 Y 39
2584 14 6.74 N 45

Code:

/* Creates a Payroll Register from an Employee File Saved on the Computer
	Written by: Vincent Gorski
	Date: 11/5/10
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

//Function Declarations
	int getEmpData		(FILE* spEmpDataIn,
						 int* empNum, int* dept, float* rate, char* exempt, int* hrs);
	int writeEmpData    (FILE* spEmpDataOut, 
						 int empNum,  int dept,  float rate,  char exempt,  int hrs, 
						 float basePay);
    void calcPay	    (float rate,  int hrs,  float* basePay);	

int main (void)
{

//Local Declarations
	FILE* spEmpDataIn;
	FILE* spEmpDataOut;
	
	int	  empNum;
	int   dept;
	float rate;
	char  exempt;
	int   hrs;

	float basePay;

//Statements
	printf("Creating Payroll Register...\n");
	if (!(spEmpDataIn = fopen ("C:\\Employee.txt", "r")))
		{
		 printf("Could not open file\a\n");
		 return 100;
		} //if open input
	
	if (!(spEmpDataOut = fopen ("C:\\PayrollRegister.txt", "w")))
		{
		 printf("Error Opening Payroll Register\a\n");
		 return 102;
		} //if open output

	while (getEmpData
		  (spEmpDataIn, &empNum, &dept, &rate, &exempt, &hrs))
		{
		 calcPay	  (rate, hrs, &basePay);
		 writeEmpData (spEmpDataOut, empNum, dept, rate, exempt, hrs, basePay);
		} //while

	fclose (spEmpDataIn);
	fclose (spEmpDataOut);

	printf("Payroll Register Completed\n");
	return 0;
} //main

/*=====================getEmpData=====================
	Reads data from the employee file.
	   Pre	 spEmpDataIn is an open file
			 empNum, dept, rate, exempt, hrs pass by address
	   Post	 reads employee information
			 if data read	--returns 1
			 if EOF or error--returns 0
*/
int getEmpData (FILE* spEmpDataIn, int* empNum,  int* dept, 
				float* rate,	   char* exempt, int* hrs)
{
//Local Declarations
	int ioResult;

//Statements
	ioResult = fscanf(spEmpDataIn, "%4d%2d%4f%1c%2d", &empNum, &dept, &rate, &exempt, &hrs);
	if(ioResult == EOF)
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
} //getEmpData

/*===========================calcPay===========================
	Determines base pay based on the employees pay rate and hours worked.
		Pre		rate and hrs contain employee pay rate and hours worked
				basePay is the adress of the variable
		Post	Base Pay is copied to the address
*/
void calcPay (float rate, int hrs, float* basePay)
{
//Statements
	*basePay = rate * hrs;
	return;
} //calcPay

/* =======================writeEmpData=======================
	Write payroll register to output file.
		Pre		spEmpDataOut is an open file
				empNum,dpt, rate, exempt, hrs, and basePay have values to write
		Post	Data written to file
*/
int writeEmpData (FILE* spEmpDataOut, int empNum,  int dept, 
				  float rate,		  char exempt, int hrs, 
				  float basePay)
{
//Statements
	fprintf(spEmpDataOut, "%-4d %d %f %c %d %f\n",
						   empNum, dept, rate, exempt, hrs, basePay);
	return 0;
} //writeEmpData

Weeded out all the problems! apparently on my fscanf i also needed to put spaces in between the conversion specifications (ie. %4d, %2d, etc). Thank you for your help though, that was my main problem that you brought to my attention.

guess i was a little blind in my desperate time of need, lol, i didnt even notice that until now. thx for pointing that out man