passing a string into a function

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user3614562

I am trying to pass a string into a function in C. That string will entered by the user and then passed on to the function to write to a text file. Iknow this seems very basic but I am just learning C.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void read() {

        char text[50][30],buffer[150];

        int i=0;
        FILE *file_in;
        file_in=fopen("test.txt","r");

        if (file_in == NULL) {
                printf("Error opening file\n");
        }

        while (fgets(buffer,150,file_in)) {
                strcpy(text[i],buffer);
                printf("line %d: %s\n",i,text[i]);
                i++;
        }

        getchar();

        fclose(file_in);
}

void write(char str[])
{
        FILE *file_in;
        file_in=fopen("test.txt","a");

        if (file_in == NULL) {
                printf("Error opening file\n");
        }

        //write to the file
        fprintf(file_in, "\n%s", str);
//      fputs(str, file_in);

        fclose(file_in);
}

int main()
{
        read();

        char msg[50];

        printf("Enter some text: ");
        puts(msg);

        write(msg); 

        return 0;
}

It writes to the file, but it writes weird characters, not what I actually type. What amI doing wrong?

jahan

Here is the solution:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int read() {

        char text[50][30],buffer[150];

        int i=0;
        FILE *file_in;
        file_in=fopen("test.txt","r");

        if (file_in == NULL) {
                printf("Error opening file\n");
        }

        while (fgets(buffer,150,file_in)) {
                strcpy(text[i],buffer);
                printf("line %d: %s\n",i,text[i]);
                i++;
        }

       // getchar();why you were using this?

        fclose(file_in);
      //  return 0;
}

void write(char str[])
{
        FILE *file_in;
        file_in=fopen("test.txt","a");

        if (file_in == NULL) {
                printf("Error opening file\n");
        }

        //write to the file
        fprintf(file_in, "\n%s", str);
//      fputs(str, file_in);

        fclose(file_in);
}

int main()
{
        char msg[50];
        read();



        printf("Enter some text: ");
       // getchar();
        gets(msg);//It reads in msg 

        write(msg); 

        return 0;
}

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