I assume that there are bound to be an abundance of C programmers out there,
and I have a question on something that I think should work but isn't for
some reason... I'm pretty much a self-taught beginner, so I suppose I might
have missed something...
I've included the struct's definition that is being used, and the function
that is having problems....I have isolated it to one line that is being
nasty. There is a comment in the code that shows where it is...
If anyone could help, I would GREATLY appreciate it....thanks!!!!
-Evan-
typedef struct word{
int size;
char *WordGuessed;
char *WordToGuess;
}Word;
Word* init_word(FILE * in){
Word * readword;
char word_array[BUFF_LENGTH+1], temp_array[BUFF_LENGTH+1];
int word_array_length, inc = 0;
char dashes = '_';
fscanf(in, "%s", word_array);
word_array_length = 1 + strlen(word_array);
/* Problem is below!!! readword->WordToGuess has nothing in it, and this
line causes some sort of exception that crashes the program...I have no idea
why. I tried casting the malloc as (char *) in case the fact that it is
returning a void pointer has something to do with it...that doesn't change
anything. Help! Please!*/
readword->WordToGuess = malloc(sizeof(char) * word_array_length);
strcpy (readword->WordToGuess, word_array);
readword->size = 1 + strlen(readword->WordToGuess);
printf("The word to guess is %d letters long.\n\n", readword->size - 1);
for (inc = 0; inc <= word_array_length; inc++)
temp_array[inc] = dashes;
printf("%s\n\n", temp_array);
readword->WordGuessed = malloc(sizeof(char) * word_array_length);
strcpy(readword->WordGuessed, temp_array);
return readword;
}
