Can't figure out why code is hanging up

I know I've been asking 1000 questions and most of them are simple answers, but I've tested this one extensively and still cannot figure out what the deal is (cue still simple answer).

My code hangs up after I ask "How many characters per line?: " and the user inputs a number and hits enter. Nothing shows up after that, but the code doesn't crash to the command line. As you can see from the code, I've inserted a number of printf statements to try to catch where it crashes, and not even the one right after the last input is printed. That leads me to believe it hangs up right after that, but I haven't changed that section of the code for a long time. I figured it would be my justify function, but it's not even getting there. Any help would be much appreciated.

A few points.
1. You're not being explicit about the return type of main - say int.

2. You have a few needless global variables.

3. You don't check the return result of fopen.

4. You don't flush output, eg.
printf("here7");
should be
printf("here7\n");
or
printf("here7");fflush(stdout);
to guarantee that the text will be seen.

Consider learning how to use the debugger, then you can single step and examine the state of the variables and watch what is happening.

1. Fixed that now, thanks.
2. I cleaned this up. It had been that way because of how some of my functions worked, but I see now that they no longer need to be global.
3. This is an assignment for a class, and we were told to assume that input file is always valid, though I see your point.
4. Changed this, and can now see that they all printed.

I will go try to use the debugger. I had trouble working with it in the past, but I guess now is a good as time as any to learn.

Quick semi-related question:
Is there any quick way to insert a value in the middle of a string without individually moving all characters past the index point one to the right?

Thanks!

> Is there any quick way to insert a value in the middle of a string.
Not really, you have to do what you describe.