From: Zenja Ivkovic
>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
Right off, i would think that buf is shorter than 80 characters, so when you
write to
buf + 80, your writing over data that you havn't allocated...
Just a thought...
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