Thread: problem with file handling

I just try to make a simple program that is supposed to append some int value in a txt file. But my code doesnt work and i dont know why. I try it earlier and it did work but it wont in my 2nd time around. Please help me. i am using C v5.7.1 on windows 8. Thanks.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
main ()
{
  int a=100;
 FILE *fp;
fp=fopen("score.txt",  "wa");
if (fp==NULL)
{ 
   printf("file not found");
}
fprintf(fp, "%d", &a);
fclose(fp);

return 0;

}

It's int main() -- you need to list the return type explicitly.

Read the documentation for fopen. "wa" is not a valid mode. You can use "w" or "a", but it doesn't make sense to use both, and per the standard, it results in undefined behavior, meaning anything or nothing can happen:

Originally Posted by C99 7.19.5.3 p3

The argument mode points to a string. If the string is one of the following, the file is
open in the indicated mode. Otherwise, the behavior is undefined.231)
r open text file for reading
w truncate to zero length or create text file for writing
a append; open or create text file for writing at end-of-file
rb open binary file for reading
wb truncate to zero length or create binary file for writing
ab append; open or create binary file for writing at end-of-file
r+ open text file for update (reading and writing)
w+ truncate to zero length or create text file for update
a+ append; open or create text file for update, writing at end-of-file
r+b or rb+ open binary file for update (reading and writing)
w+b or wb+ truncate to zero length or create binary file for update
a+b or ab+ append; open or create binary file for update, writing at end-of-file

231) If the string begins with one of the above sequences, the implementation might choose to ignore theremaining characters, or it might use them to select different kinds of a file (some of which might not
conform to the properties in 7.19.2).

If fopen fails, you should use a function like strerror to print out a useful message telling you why fopen failed (maybe file not found, maybe the device was busy, don't have permissions, etc). You should probably return immediately from main after this -- if you can't open the file, you can't write to it, so there's no point carrying on. In fact, trying to write to, or close, a null FILE * will result in undefined behavior.

Lastly, why are you printing the address of a, i.e. why are you printing &a? If you want to print the address, the correct format specifier is %p. If you want to print the value, drop the &.