another file handling problem

this seems like the working code to create a file if it isnt already created, and open it likewise:

Code:

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        if(!auto_file)
            auto_file = fopen(path, "a+");
        else
            auto_file = fopen(path, "a+");
   
    fprintf(auto_file, "hello4");
    fgets(test, 250, auto_file);
    printf(test);

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and the output in the created/opened file is:

Code:

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hello4=

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i don't know if it shows up on the forum, but there is a lot of whitespaces when i didnt put them in. and also the "=", where did that come from???

both fopen lines are identical.

how is variable test declared? Open the file with Notepad.exe or some other text editor to see what it shows. I'll bet that white space is not really in the data file.

i dont know why i put the same line twice, but when i do open the file with a text editor that output is exactly what i get, with all those white spaces. the above result isnt the program output, its the file output

Show us how you declare/initialize the test array.

Also, Ancient Dragon's point about your if/else construct was a good one. Your program does the same thing regardless of whether the test is true or false. Why perform the test at all?

I think the problem is that you do not rewind the file after writing to it and reading it back. fgets() will read the file from current file position up to either the first 0 is encountered or the buffer has been filled up. Here is an example of how to make it work right.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
        char path[] = "myfile.txt";
        char test[255] = {0};
        FILE* auto_file = fopen(path, "a+");
        if(auto_file == 0)
        {
                auto_file = fopen(path,"w");
                fclose(auto_file);
                auto_file = fopen(path, "a+");
        }
        fprintf(auto_file, "hello4");
        rewind(auto_file);
        fgets(test, 250, auto_file);
        printf(test);       
        fclose(auto_file);       
}

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> printf(test);
Understand that this is very dangerous.
If there are any % characters, printf will try and interpret them, and there are no parameters!

Use fputs() or fputs() for writing strings, or at the very least printf("%s",string);