Thread: printing string from file

I'm trying to print out a 16 by 17 character array that I've included from a text file. I am able to open the file okay. However, instead of printing the character array, the program prints a series of smiley faces. Do you know how I can get my string to print? I appreciate any input. Thanks, Cynthia

Code:

char hor_wordsearch[17][17];
char ver_wordsearch[16][17];
int i=0,j=0;

	FILE *myFile;
	myFile = fopen("hor_wordsearch.txt", "r+");
	if (myFile == NULL)
       {
		printf("Unable to open hor_wordsearch.txt.\n");
		return(-1);
	}
	printf("Opened hor_wordsearch.txt for reading.\n");
	
    //I am able to open the text file without difficulty, but I'm having trouble initializing and printing my arrays
for (i=0; i<16; ++i)
    {
    hor_wordsearch[i][16]= '\0';
    ver_wordsearch[i][16]= '\0';
    }
while (!feof(myFile))
    {
    fgets(hor_wordsearch[i], 17, myFile);
    printf("%s", hor_wordsearch);
    }
fclose(myFile);

Code:

while (!feof(myFile))
    {
    fgets(hor_wordsearch[i], 17, myFile);
    printf("%s", hor_wordsearch);
    }

Here you read each string into the same hor_wordsearch ( i never changes and is out of bounds )
Kurt

I don't know how to fix it. Can you give me a hint. Does it involve i++?

I've revised the code:

Code:

while (!feof(myFile))
    {
    fgets(hor_wordsearch[i], 17, myFile);
    printf("%s", hor_wordsearch[i]);
    }

But I still need to increase i. I'm not sure how to do that.

Zuk and Mike, It works! Thanks so much for the help--I really appreciate it!

I would try something like this

Code:

i = 0
while (fgets(hor_wordsearch[i], 17, myFile)) {
    printf("%s", hor_wordsearch[i]);
    ++i;
}

Kurt