Thread: ***Stack smashing detected***: ./a.out terminated aborted core dumped

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    ***Stack smashing detected***: ./a.out terminated aborted core dumped

    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<string.h>
    #include<stdlib.h>
    
    struct person{
        char name[100];
        char address[100];
        char IDnumber[20];
        int  age;
    };
    void copystructure(char structure[100],struct person *ptr);
    
    void main(void){
    
        FILE *fp1;
        fp1=fopen("file1.txt","r");
        char ch;
        int i=0,j=0;
        char tmp[100];
        struct person *ptr=NULL;
        struct person arr[100];
        ptr=&arr[0];
        while((ch=fgetc(fp1))!=EOF){
            switch(ch){    
                case'\n': copystructure(tmp,ptr); ptr=&arr[j++];  break;
                default: tmp[i]=ch;i=i+1;
            }
        }
    }
    void copystructure(char structure[100],struct person *ptr){
    
        int i,k,j=0;
        char tmp[100];
        ptr=(struct person *)malloc(sizeof(struct person));
        for(i=0;structure[i]!='\0';i++,j++){
            if(structure[i]==','){
                break;
            }
         tmp[j]=structure[i];    
        }
        tmp[j]='\0';
        j=0;
        strcpy(ptr->name,tmp);
        for(i=i+1;structure[i]!='\0';i++,j++){
            if(structure[i]==','){
                break;
            }    
         tmp[j]=structure[i];
        }
        tmp[j]='\0';
        j=0;
        strcpy(ptr->address,tmp);
        for(i=i+1;structure[i]!='\0';i++,j++){
            if(structure[i]==','){
                break;
            }
         tmp[j]=structure[i];
        }
        tmp[j]='\0';
        j=0;
        strcpy(ptr->IDnumber,tmp);
        for(i=i+1;structure[i]!='\0';i++,j++){
         tmp[j]=structure[i];
        }
        j=0;
        k=structure[i-2]-'1'+1;
        k=k*10+(structure[i-1]-'1'+1);
        ptr->age=k;
        free(ptr);
    }
    file1.txt is shown below
    Code:
    Name1,Address1,IDnumber1,1
    Name2,Address2,IDnumber2,2
    Name3,Address3,IDnumber3,3
    Name4,Address4,IDnumber4,4
    Name5,Address5,IDnumber5,5

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    So what's your question?
    What can this strange device be?
    When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
    It's got wires that vibrate and give music
    What can this thing be that I found?

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    What is the copystructure function supposed to do? If you are trying to copy a particular suggestion from another thread that you started, don't: you do not even seem to understand the idea behind the parser, and frankly it is both unnecessarily complicated and potentially more space-inefficient. Go with fgets and sscanf. You may have "liked" my replies, but you are not doing what I suggested, i.e., to write a function to parse for just one record with fgets and sscanf, and then use that function to parse all the records in a loop.

    By the way, this:
    Code:
    void main(void)
    should be:
    Code:
    int main(void)
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
    Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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