Thread: Looping problem

for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
{
gets(customerString);

}
the above code doesnt make sense , you are reading strings from the standard input seven times and storing them in the same buffer , only the last one stays stored . It is usually better to use fgets than gets .

Originally posted by sketchit
Where am I going wrong?
I am reading a file using gets() with a for loop and printing the string using strtok with a while() loop.
Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Code:

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

int main()
{
	
	char customerString[1047];
	char *tokenPtr;
	int k;
	char ch;

	printf("Login Id  User Id  Group Id  User Name  User Home               Directory   Starting Shell\n",
	 "", "", "", "");
	for( k = 0; k < 7; k++)
	{
		gets(customerString);
	    
	}
	
	tokenPtr = strtok(customerString, ":");

	while ( tokenPtr != NULL)
	{
		printf("%s \t", tokenPtr);
		tokenPtr = strtok(NULL, ":");
	}
		
	ch = getchar();
	
	return 0;
}//End main

Example input:
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ceva8710:x:1007:100:ahmadmateen:/home/students/ceva8710:/bin/sh
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