Hi!! I am a newbie at C programming, and I need help wih my program...
I am suppose to write a C program that opens up the generated file and produces a report that looks like:
Number of records : you determine the value and print it here
Maximum Value : you determine the value and print it here
Minimum Value : you determine the value and print it here

so far I have this:


Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

#define DATA_FILE "c:\\test_data.txt"

void initializeRandom(void);   /* programmer written functions - prototypes */
int getRandom(int maximum_value);

int main (void)
{
  int  min = 0;
  int  max =0;
  int  count = 0;
  int  user_input    = 0;
  int  i = 0;
  int  number_values = 0;
  char id_string[8];   /* 7 characters for the ID# + 1 for \0 */
  char number_string[4];
  int rand_value = 0;
  FILE *fp;

  /* 1.  Get user input */
  printf("Enter your colleague ID # --> ");
  scanf("%d", &user_input);

  fp = fopen(DATA_FILE, "r");
  /* Generate a string out of the value inputted by user */
  sprintf(id_string, "%07d", user_input);
  strncpy(number_string, &id_string[4], 3);
  number_values = atoi(number_string);  
  initializeRandom();
//printf("%s results %s is %d \n", id_string, number_string, number_values);




  for (i=0; i < number_values; i++)
  {
    rand_value = getRandom(999);
    fprintf(fp, "%d\n", rand_value);
    printf("%d\n", rand_value);

        if(rand_value>i)

           max = rand_value;

     if(min< rand_value)
         min =rand_value;
    if (max >0)
     printf("This is the max %d\n", max);
     printf("This is the min %d\n", min);


    }




  fclose(fp);
  system("pause");
  return(0);
}


/* Call this function to start random number generation, else every time you run you'll get the same answers - ONLY CALL 1 time */
void initializeRandom(void)
{
  srand((unsigned) time ((time_t *)NULL));
}

/* get a random number between 1 and maximum_value passed in */
int getRandom(int maximum_value)
{
  int random = 0;
  random     = rand();
  random = (random % maximum_value) + 1;  /* Modulus gives you a value between 0 and 1 less then number dividing by, so add 1 to shift */
  return(random);
}
I can't seem to get the max and min value... and I dont know how to count the total number of values...

So can someone help me please...