This is sort of off-topic (I'm trying to make a little program) but I've been looking through the circle code and seen this sort of thing work right in many places. After opening a file for reading with fopen(), I have this: p_debug("Reading data from file.."); fgets(buf, 80, fl); if(sscanf(buf, "%d %d %d", balance, owe, due) != 3) f_error("Format error reading data from input file."); sprintf(buf2, "Got %d for balance, %d for money owed, and %d for money due for pay.", balance, owe, due); p_debug(buf2); It compiles fine but the error is in run-time. The program outputs the "Reading date from file.." part as my function tells it to, reads a line from the file into 'buf', but when it tries to execute the sscanf() I get: [*] Debug: Reading data from file.. [main] C:\DJGPP\PROGRAMS\MONEY.EXE 1000 (0) handle_exceptions: Exception: STATUS _ACCESS_VIOLATION [main] MONEY 1000 (0) handle_exceptions: Dumping stack trace to MONEY.EXE.core I think the problem is about it trying to access a part of the memory which is protected, but I don't know how to fix it. If anyone can give me any help on what I need to do (I think I need to use pointers, but I've tried that and don't understand how to use them very well), it would be really appreciated. +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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