finding positions of characters in a 2d array

I'm relatively new to C, and part of a program I have to write requires finding the position of a 'space' character within the array, which I'm having a lot of trouble with. It's a 5x5 array with one space in it, a puzzle.

Here's what I have so far:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

#define ROW 5
#define COLUMN 5

void fromAbove(char aboveArray[5][5]);

int main()
{
        char array[ROW][COLUMN];
        int row = 0;
        int column;
        FILE *infile, *outfile, *test;

        infile = fopen("./puzzle.in","r");
        outfile = fopen("./puzzle.out","w");
        test = fopen("./test.out","w");

        fprintf(outfile,"Puzzle #1: \n");
        while(row <= 5)
        {
                for(column = 0; column < 5; column++)
                {
                        fscanf(infile,"%c",&array[row][column]);
                        fprintf(outfile," %c",array[row][column]);
                }
                row++;
        }

        fromAbove(**array);

        fclose(outfile);
        fclose(infile);
        fclose(test);

        return 0;

}

void fromAbove(char aboveArray[5][5])
{
        int row;
        int column;
        char a = aboveArray[row][column];

        if(a == ' ')
        {
                printf("%c",aboveArray[row][column]);
        }
}

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Also, I'm getting these errors: "type of formal parameter 1 is incomplete", and "
passing argument 1 of âfromAboveâ makes pointer from integer without a cast"

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)

P.S. sorry I'm new here so no idea how to post code properly yet...

Welcome to the forum, Synhyborex! :D

Code:

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        while(row <= 5)
        {
                for(column = 0; column < 5; column++)
                {
                        fscanf(infile,"%c",&array[row][column]);
                        fprintf(outfile," %c",array[row][column]);
                }
                row++;
        }

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While you're reading in char's from the file, into the array, you can make a quick check to see where the space is:

Code:

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int space_row=0, space_col = 0;
//other code here

//deep inside your while() and for() loop
if(array[row][column] == ' ') {
  space_row = row;
  space_col = column;
}

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Since you have ROW and COLUMN defines, it's better to use them, than to use the number 5 in your program. That way, if you ever change the ROW or COLUMN define value, the program will still work correctly.

alright awesome! definitely makes things easier. also requires me to kill the array in my function so i lose the errors i was getting. thanks a bunch!