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From: randolph@ektools.UUCP (Gary L. Randolph)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: fscanf question
Message-ID: <2365@ektools.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 90 19:22:00 GMT
References: <6983@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Sender: randolph@ektools (Gary L. Randolph)
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In article <6983@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> SMITHJ@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
/Sorry if this has come up before but I'm puzzled as to why the following code
/doesn't work.  The fprintf works fine but nothing is read in by the fscanf.
/#include <stdio>
***********>you mean stdio.h, right?
/
/int main(void)
/{
/       FILE *stream;
/       char outstr1[]="Trying", outstr2[]="Hoping";
/       char instr1[30], instr2[30];
/
/       stream = fopen("try2.gbk","w");
***********>In the 'real' world, of course, you check
that this worked.
/       fprintf(stream,"%-30s %-30s",outstr1,outstr2);
/       fclose(stream);
/
/       stream = fopen("try2.gbk","r");
/       fscanf(stream,"%-30s %-30s",instr1,instr2);
**********>the minus sign says left justify the *output*, this is all that
**********>is confusing your compiler. Take them out, and all is well.
/       fclose(stream);
/}

And I can't help it,

                WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        Gary