(stdio.h)
(iostream.h) //yes these are included
void main()
{
int num;
FILE *in;
in = fopen("c:/windows/desktop/test.txt", "r");
fread(num, sizeof(int), 1, in);
fclose(in);
cout << num << endl;
}
very simply, why wont this fread work
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i have a text file called test.txt, and the only thing stored in this text file is the number "1". thats it.
fread(&num,sizeof(int),1,in); Hope this helps...
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You are simply passing the value of num in your code, but you should be giving fread access to CHANGE num - &num.
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err, forgot to include that in the coding, yes i already do have the & before my variable num, and the problem still happens 
OK, revised version:
Hope THAT helps lol...
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fscanf(in,"%d",&num); Hope THAT helps lol...
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:O
can you give me an example of when its appropriate to use fread, and when its appropriate to use fscanf?
can you give me an example of when its appropriate to use fread, and when its appropriate to use fscanf?
Well, remember that when you write an int with the value of 1 using fwrite, it will NOT come out as 1 in the text file. It has been written in binary form, so it will take up two ''letters'' of space in the text file, both of which are very unlikely to be numbers. You could, though, use fread to recover that integer from the text file (the one u wrote with fwrite). But if you want to read an int which you have personally WRITTEN using notepad in a file, you would use fscanf. Also, you can use fprintf to write an int in a humanly-readable form to a text file.
Rule of the thumb: "Use fscanf when you used notepad to create the file, and fread when you used fwrite to create the file."
Hope this helps
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Rule of the thumb: "Use fscanf when you used notepad to create the file, and fread when you used fwrite to create the file."
Hope this helps
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use fread to read binary data
use fscanf to read a string and convert it to a different type, e.g. string->integer or string->float
use fscanf to read a string and convert it to a different type, e.g. string->integer or string->float
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