Thread: Problems putting a text file into a matrix.

Im trying to create the "game of life" but thus far have found great problems trying to input a text document into a matrix. Iv been trying to find a tutorial on the internet but none seem to answer the question, all i find is how to create an array or how to use a pointer.My code is as follows and is currently incomplete to run the program as I dont want the program written for me as its for my degree, I simply wish to know how to put the file "ref"(which comprises 1000, 1s or 0s) into the array "matrix"(10*10).

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  int row, column;
  FILE *game;
  int *reference_ptr;

  game = fopen ("ref.txt", "r");

  if (game == NULL)
{
      printf ("File could not be opened\n");
}
  else
{
      printf ("File opened!  Closing it now...\n");
      fclose (game);
      }
  reference_ptr=&game;
  int matrix[10][10] =
  {  
  *reference_ptr  
  };      
  }

I get the returned error:"0019 ERROR:An object of type '<ptr><ptr>_file' cannot be assigned to an object of type '<ptr>int'"