; after while()? wth?

[JonathanS]

Ok, so the only way to make this work is to put ; at the end of line 63... Why? It is a ELSE :/

Also it doesn't solve the problem I am having. It loops after the IF. Now it doesnt even write the CHHHH to disk, only NHHHH's.

It should write CHHHH to disk bc of the if in void write_File(char* randString)... :/

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

//Different Combos = H B C N P O S Se F Cl Br I F

char randString[20] = "";
int finish = 0;



void write_File(char* randString);
char* random(char* randString, int finish);


int main()
{

	while(finish != 1)
	{
		strcpy(randString, random(randString, finish));
		write_File(randString);
	}

	return(0);

} //END MAIN




void write_File(char* randString)
{

	FILE* fts;

	fts = fopen("data.dat", "a");
	
	if (fts)
	{
		fprintf(fts, "\n%s", randString);
		fclose(fts);
	}


	else
	{
		printf("Error writing to file!\n");
	}

}


char* random(char* randString, int finish)
{
	int check = 1;

	if(strcmp(randString,"") == 0)
	{
		strcpy(randString, "CHHHH");
	}

	else(strcmp(randString,"") != 0);
	{
		if (strcmp(randString, "CHHHH") == 0)
		{
			while(check != 0)
			{
				strcpy(randString,"NHHHH");
				check = 0;
			}
		}
		printf("It infinite loops here");

		finish = 1;
	}
		


return(randString);
}

[quzah]

Why did you make a new thread for this same topic?

You don't have a while on 63. You have an else. The semicolon there effectively removes the else, and makes everything after it happen regardless of anything before it.


Quzah.

[Salem]

See the other thread - this one is done.