Reading file line by line

Hi guys i'm kind of new to C and am trying to read a text file that has a number stored on each line like below.

17767

9158

39017

18547

56401

23807

37962

22764

7977


This is the code i have so far, it's just attempting to read thefirst line then i plan to tak it from there, but when i run it i get some funny results rather than getting 17767 I get
177
18
91

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <malloc.h>



int main (void)
{

FILE *ptrFilein;
char cTempread;
int iLoop;
unsigned char ucBuffer[1000];
  if((ptrFilein = fopen("random.txt","r"))==NULL)
        {
        printf("Error opening file");
        return(-1);
        }

  cTempread = fgetc(ptrFilein);
 
  for (iLoop = 0; fgetc(ptrFilein)!='\n'; iLoop++)
        {
        ucBuffer[iLoop] = cTempread;
        cTempread = fgetc(ptrFilein);
        }

  printf("The values from the file were %s",&ucBuffer[0]);

}

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Any help would be greatly appreciated Cheers
Chris

> #include <malloc.h>
This isn't a standard header.

This should print every line in the file, once you've opened the file.

Code:

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char buff[BUFSIZ];
while ( fgets( buff, BUFSIZ, ptrFilein ) != NULL ) {
  printf( "%s", buff );
}

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by chrisjmoss

but when i run it i get some funny results rather than getting 17767 I get
177
18
91

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Notice how the output is every other character?

Code:

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  cTempread = fgetc(ptrFilein);
 
  for (iLoop = 0; fgetc(ptrFilein)!='\n'; iLoop++)
        {
        ucBuffer[iLoop] = cTempread;
        cTempread = fgetc(ptrFilein);
        }

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You are reading the value and comparing it with the newline character, but then you discard the character you just read.