Thread: fscanf

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    Unhappy fscanf

    HI!
    I am trying to do a homework assignment that is causing much frustration. The assignment is to sort through 4 arrays (emp_id[MAX], wage[MAX], hours[MAX], week_pay[MAX]. Calculate the week_pay and sort in descending order by emp_id. The problem I now have is that the program is not scanning the information. Here is the code I am using....

    infile = fopen("a:\\empout.txt", "r");
    if (infile = NULL)
    {
    print error msg
    exit(1);
    }
    input_status = fscanf(infile, "%ld %f %f",&emp_id[index],&wage[index],&hours[index]);
    while (input_status != MAX)
    {
    index = index + 1;
    input_status = fscanf(infile, "%ld %f %f",&emp_id[index],&wage[index],&hours[index]);
    }
    *record_num = index;
    fclose(infile);
    }

    I declared this functin as: void read_record(long *emp_id, float *wage, float*hours, int *record_num);

    When I call the function: read_record(emp_id, wage, hours, &record_num);

    Is there anything wrong with this code. When I run a watch these variables show the address no problem but nothing changes the info is not being scanned. This program basically crashes everytime. I can't find anything wrong with the code but maybe I'm missing something. Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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    fscanf returns the number of arguments successfully assigned to variables so in your example input_status should end up with a value of 3 each time you use it so if MAX is not 3 your while loop will run forever if it is 3 it won't loop at all. It only returns EOF if an error has occured.

    try this:
    Code:
    index = 0;
    while(index < MAX)
    {
    fscanf(infile,"%ld %f %f", emp_num[index],wage[index],hours[index]);
    index++;
    }
    You also used the & in front of your array's in the fscanf, no need for them.
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    > You also used the & in front of your array's in the fscanf, no need for them.
    Oh, but you do - it's not an array, its an array element, and so you do need an &

    fscanf(infile,"%ld %f %f",
    &emp_num[index], &wage[index], &hours[index]);
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