Thread: seg fault in text parser

I have a seg fault in this function and i can't seem to pin it down. Appreciate any help you guys could give.Thanks.

Code:

int AllocateFile(FILE *filename,long num_of_records){
/*iterates through file contents and adds each character to the appropiate field*/
 
    int ndx=0;
    int field=0;/*ndx for field ndx
    next for temp counter and field for what field number we in*/
    size_t word_length=0;
    int character;
    int comma_count=0;
    char buffer[BUFSIZ];/*really holding integers should put it to char*/
    RECORD person[num_of_records];/*array of records named person to hold each line in file*/
   
/*go through file and puts contents in the array*/
while ( (character=fgetc(filename)) !=EOF){
         buffer[ndx++]=character;
          
          if ( (buffer[ndx] =='\n') )
             field+=1;/*if its a newline then its a new field*/
             
          if ( (buffer[ndx] == ',') ){
            comma_count+=1;/*update comma count so know where we are in file*/
            switch(comma_count){
              case 1:
              buffer[ndx-1]='\0';/*terminate and make buffer a string*/
              strcpy(person[field].field1,buffer);
              buffer[ndx]= buffer[ndx-word_length];/*buffer ndx goes to zero*/
              puts(person[field].field1);
              break;
              case 2:
              buffer[ndx-1]='\0';
              break;
              }//end of break
} }}

Fourth, what the hell is wrong with people? Why does no one here ever indent their code cleanly? No one wants to read that .........


Quzah.