Loading yet another structure

[TankCDR]

I am trying to load a structure from a file called "class.dat"

The incoming data is delimited by the pipe | key. The biggest problem is the name field is not a fixed width. Here is a sample of how the data looks in the file.

001635223|Stevens, Bill R.|COSC1400| |004760097|Smith, William O.|COSC1401| |006238033|Smithson, Thelma R.|ITSC1401| |010354130|Woodsen, Richard U.|ITSC1401| |014831430|Adams, Francis H.|COSC1403| |020349068|Adams, John M.|ITSC1401| |023939684|Woodsen, Carla R.|ITSC1403| |


I get the following 2 errors and 1 warning whe trying to run the program.

3a.test.c
d:\3a_test\3a.test.c(92) : error C2223: left of '->_cnt' must point to struct/union
d:\3a_test\3a.test.c(92) : error C2223: left of '->_ptr' must point to struct/union
d:\3a_test\3a.test.c(92) : warning C4133: 'function' : incompatible types - from 'char [51]' to 'struct _iobuf *'
Error executing cl.exe.

3a.test.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)

Ultimately once the structure is loaded, I will search the structure for a certain class number IE: COSC1401, and send the name, SSN, and reserved space to a report. The code is attached below.

As always,
any help is greatly appreciated,
Alan

[quzah]

> void main(struct student *s, int n)

Um... no.

1) 'main' returns an integer, not 'void'(nothing).
2) How exactly are you calling main so that it understands these arguments?
3) You use exit(), and yet, you have 'void main'. Wrong.

> \3a_test\3a.test.c(92) : error C2223: left of '->_cnt' must point
> to struct/union

You access a structure directly with "." and with a pointer via "->".
As such, since you have such a fubar 'main' declaration, then we
can definately state that 's' is a pointer. Therefore, you must use
"->" to access its members.

Quzah.