Learning to program in C. Used a textbook to learn about writing data randomly to a random access file. It seems like the textbook code works ok. However the output in the Notepad file is: Jones Errol Ÿru ”#e©A Jones Raphael Ÿru €€“Ü´A. This can't be correct yeah? Do you know why the numbers don't show?
I have no idea how to format code properly. Always someone tells me it is bad. I use CTRL +K. And in my compiler follow the book exactly. I'm sorry if it isn't correct. Maybe you can tell me how? Thanks Here is the code:
#include <stdio.h>
//clientData structure definition
struct clientData{
int acctNum;
char lastName[15];
char firstName[10];
double balance;
};
int main (void){
FILE *cfPtr;//credit.dat file pointer
//create clientData with default information
struct clientData client={0,"","",0.0};
if ((cfPtr=fopen("c:\\Users\\raphaeljones\\Desktop\\clients4.dat","rb+"))==NULL){
printf("The file could not be opened\n");
}
else {
//require user to specify account number
printf("Enter account number"
"(1 to 100, 0 to end input)\n");
scanf("%d",&client.acctNum);
// users enters information which is copied into file
while (client.acctNum!=0) {
//user enters lastname,firstname and balance
printf("Enter lastname,firstname, balance\n");
//set record lastName,firstname and balance value
fscanf(stdin,"%s%s%lf", client.lastName,
client.firstName, &client.balance);
//seek position in file to user specified record
fseek(cfPtr,
(client.acctNum-1)* sizeof (struct clientData),
SEEK_SET);
//write user specified information in file
fwrite(&client,sizeof(struct clientData),1,cfPtr);
//enable user to input another account number
printf("Enter account number\n");
scanf("%d",&client.acctNum);
}
fclose(cfPtr);
return 0;
}