Thread: fgets() make the string it gets turn into an array to match a char

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    fgets() make the string it gets turn into an array to match a char

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <ctype.h>
    
    
    
    
    #define MEETING_ARRAY_LENGTH 5
    #define MAXCHAR 255
    
    
    int main(void)
    {
    
    
    	char meeting_array[MEETING_ARRAY_LENGTH][20] = {
    						"meeting 1",
    						"meeting 2",
    						"meeting 3",
    						"meeting 4",
    						"meeting 5",
    	};
    
    
    	char string[15];
    	char string_2[15];
    	int meeting_id_number;
    	int date_id;
    	char line[200];
    	int num = 1;
    	char str[MAXCHAR];
    
    
    	FILE *fp;
    
    
    	fp = fopen("meeting_2.txt", "a+");
    
    
    	do
    	{
    		printf("> ");
    
    
    		fgets(line, sizeof line, stdin);
    		sscanf(line, "%s %s %d %d", string, string_2, &meeting_id_number, &date_id);
    
    
    		if(meeting_id_number > MEETING_ARRAY_LENGTH)
    		{
    			printf("Program will produce an error!\n");
    			break;
    		}
    
    
    		else if ((strcmp(string, "MEETING") == 0) && (strcmp(string_2, "LIST") == 0) && meeting_id_number)
    		{
    			printf("%s\n", meeting_array[meeting_id_number - 1]);
    		}
    
    
    		else if ((strcmp(string, "MEETING") == 0) && (strcmp(string_2, "ADD") == 0) && meeting_id_number && date_id > 1)
    		{
    			// print data to console
    
    
    			printf("array: %s\ninputted date_id: %d\n", meeting_array[meeting_id_number - 1], date_id);
    			
    			// print data to data stream pointer (text file)
    		
    			fprintf(fp, "%d_%d\t", meeting_id_number, date_id);
    		}
    
    
    		else if ((strcmp(string, "PRINT") == 0) && (strcmp(string_2, "FILE") == 0) && meeting_id_number)
    		{
    			char underscore = '_';
    
    
    			int i, counter;
    			counter = 0;
    
    
    			while(fgets(str, MAXCHAR, fp) != NULL)
    			{
    				if (str)
    				{
    					if(str == underscore)
    					{
    						counter++;
    						printf("%d", counter);
    					}
    				}
    			}
    			/*
    			for(i = 0; i < MAXCHAR; i++)
    			{
    				while (fgets(str, MAXCHAR, fp) != NULL)
    				{
    					// puts(str);
    				}
    
    
    				fclose (fp);
    			}
    			*/
    
    
    		}
    		
    		else
    		{
    			printf("Error, command not recognized\n");
    		}
    
    
    	} while (strcmp(string, "0") != 0);
    
    
    	
    	return 0;
    }
    good afternoon all, what is the best way to break this str string into an array so I can get an array out of and individually see what characters to match "underscore" or an '_'? Thanks.

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    A string is already an array: an array of characters whose elements in use are at index 0 up to the index of the first null character.
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