Problem with structures

[HAssan]

I wrote this program but it does not return the information i want it excutes fine but it does not return what i want it to.

#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct{
	int number;
	int place;
	int postcode;
} information_t;

int test(information_t *in);

int main()
{
	information_t information;
	information_t *in; 
	
printf(" Please enter the number: ");
scanf(" %d",&information.number);

printf(" Please enter the place: ");
scanf(" %d",&information.place);

printf(" please enter the postcode: ");
scanf(" %d",&information.postcode);

test(in); 

return 0;
}

int test(information_t  *in)
{
	int position;
	position= printf(" The number is %d the place is %d and the postcode is %d\n", &in->number, &in->place, &in->postcode); 
	
//printf(" The number is %d the place is %d and the postcode is %d\n", &in->number, &in->place, &in->postcode); 
	
return(position);
}

[quzah]

So how about actually asking a smart question? What do you expect it to do? What does it do that it shouldn't? What doesn't it do that it should? Sample input / output?


Quzah.

[HAssan]

the code is meant to ask the user for 3 inputs number,place(in form of numbers) and a postcode

here is what it should look like

Please enter the number: 10
Please enter the place: 10
please enter the postcode: 10
The number is 10 the place is 10 and the postcode is 10

but here is what it looks like

Please enter the number: 10
Please enter the place: 10
please enter the postcode: 10
The number is 1324234 the place is 1324238 and the postcode is 1324242
Press any key to continue...

[cwr]

You are passing a pointer (in) to the test function, you haven't done anything with this pointer, it's uninitialised.

[quzah]

The "other" problem though, is that you're printing the address of all your variables, not their values.
Lose the &.


Quzah.

[cwr]

That too, I didn't even look inside the function.

That would explain the suprising lack of crash from the original code.