Thread: program to write string to file

Hi I am trying to create code to receive input from a user and write it to a file. It is not compiling properly, some error concerning main pops up. what am I doing wrong?

Code:

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


int main() {
 FILE *fil;
 int c;
 
 fil=fopen("new.txt", "w");
 if(fil==NULL){
     printf("error");
     exit(1);
 }
 printf("Enter some words\n");
 scanf("%d", &c);
 
 fprintf(fil, "%d", c);
 fclose(fil);
 return 0;
}

Code:

scanf("%d", &c);

%d is the format specifier for entering an integer.

The following is a standard way to input a string:

Code:

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

#define DIM 256

int main(void) {
   FILE *fil;
   //   int c;
   char buffer[256] = "";

   fil=fopen("new.txt", "w");

   if(fil==NULL){
      printf("error");
      exit(1);
   }

   printf("Enter some words\n");

   // scanf("%d", &c);
   fgets(buffer, DIM, stdin);

   // fprintf(fil, "%d", c);
   fprintf(fil, "%s", buffer);

   fclose(fil);
   return 0;
}

Thanks so much its works now . Im so glad I was wondering what was wrong. Have a blessed day