Searching a text file for double quotation marks "

hey, I am using the code below to search a text file for double quotation marks, it seems not to be working because the result is returning 0 zero

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/*Function counts the number of double quotation marks*/

void N_Quotations(FILE *fptr,int quotes)
{
       
       
        fptr=fopen("lammin.txt","r");
       
        char numb_quotes;    /*numb_quotes searches the file for quotes*/
        char n_quotes ='"';  /*n_quotes is a constant*/
        int quotes=0;        /*quotes reps. the counter*/


while(!feof(fptr))
        {
                fscanf(fptr,"%c",&numb_quotes);
                        if(numb_quotes == n_quotes)
                                {
                                        quotes++;
                                        printf("%c",numb_quotes);
                                }
        }
printf("The Estimated Number Of Double Quotation Marks Are %d \n",quotes);
fclose(fptr);
}

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Do you get any of the output from this line:

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                                        printf("%c",numb_quotes);

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Also:

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                fscanf(fptr,"%c",&numb_quotes);

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can be written as:

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    numb_quotes = fgetc(fptr);

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Mats

I am not getting any output from print("%c",numb_quotes);

So, do this:

Add at the start of the function:

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int count = 0;

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Then

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                        if(numb_quotes == n_quotes)
                                {
                                        quotes++;
                                        printf("%c",numb_quotes);
                                }
                        else
                                {
                                        if (count < 50)
                                            printf("%c", numb_quotes);
                                        count ++;
                                }

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That will show the 50 first characters. See if there is any quotes in that.

Also beware that if you wrote your text in WORD or some such, it may have changed the simple quotes into som funny "lean left" and "lean" right quots, rather than the generic "straight up" quotes we get in a text editor - and those will of course not match.

If there is no quotes in the first 50, you may want to do something like this:

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                                        if (count > 50 && count < 100)
                                            printf("%c", numb_quotes);
                                        count ++;

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Change the 50 and 100 as you feel required.

This method of "finding a problem in the code" has a name: "Printf debugging".

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Mats

while(!feof(fptr))
do not do this
FAQ > Explanations of... > Why it's bad to use feof() to control a loop

use something like

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while(fscanf(fptr,"%c",&numb_quotes) == 1)

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