C - Nested for loops not printing multiple elements - c

My nested loops only print one char, 'c', which is the correct first char to print, but I cannot figure out why my loop won't keep looping through the alphabet. Any assistance in determining my loop error would be great.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void problem_1_function();
int main(){
problem_1_function();
return (0);
}
void problem_1_function(){
FILE *the_cipher_file;
the_cipher_file = fopen("cipher.txt", "r");
FILE *the_message_file;
the_message_file = fopen("message.txt", "r");
FILE * the_decode_file;
the_decode_file = fopen("decode.txt", "w");
int the_letter_counter = 0;
int the_alphabet_array[100];
int size_of_alphabet = 0;
int size_of_message = 0;
int the_message_counter = 0;
int the_message_array[100];
char the_decode_array [15];
char the_letter_char[26] = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','w','x','y','z'};
if(the_decode_file == NULL){
printf("Error opening file!\n");
}
if(!the_cipher_file){
printf("Error: Filename \"cipher.txt\" not found!\n");
}
while(fscanf(the_cipher_file, " %d%*[,] ", &size_of_alphabet) > 0 && the_letter_counter < 100){
the_alphabet_array[the_letter_counter] = size_of_alphabet;
//printf("%d ", size_of_alphabet);
the_letter_counter++;
}
if(!the_message_file){
printf("Error: Filename \"cipher.txt\" not found!\n");
}
while(fscanf(the_message_file, " %d%*[,] ", &size_of_message) > 0 && the_message_counter < 100){
the_message_array[the_message_counter] = size_of_message;
//printf("%d ", size_of_message);
the_message_counter++;
}
int message_equals_cipher = 0;
int message_equals_cipher2 = 0;
for(message_equals_cipher; message_equals_cipher < sizeof(the_message_array); message_equals_cipher++){ //these nested loops go through the alphabet to print letters corresponding to arrays...
for(message_equals_cipher2; message_equals_cipher2 < 26; message_equals_cipher2++){
if(the_message_array[message_equals_cipher] == the_alphabet_array[message_equals_cipher2]){
the_decode_array[message_equals_cipher] = the_letter_char[message_equals_cipher2];
fprintf(the_decode_file, "%c", the_decode_array[message_equals_cipher]);
}
}
}
fclose(the_cipher_file);
fclose(the_message_file);
fclose(the_decode_file);
}

int message_equals_cipher = 0;
int message_equals_cipher2 = 0;
for(message_equals_cipher; ...
for(message_equals_cipher2; ...
You're setting these to 0 outside the loops .. the initialization expressions of your for statements don't do anything -- if you set your warning level high enough, your compiler should tell you that. Because you don't reset message_equals_cipher2, your inner loop will only run once total. You want
for(message_equals_cipher = 0; ...
for(message_equals_cipher2 = 0; ...
If you are compiling C99 or higher, you can do
for(int message_equals_cipher = 0; ...
for(int message_equals_cipher2 = 0; ...
and get rid of the previous definitions of those variables.

Yes, the problem in your nested for loop is that you are not initializing your message_equals_cipher2 variable to 0 in your second for loop.
The nested code should be like :
for(message_equals_cipher; message_equals_cipher < sizeof(the_message_array); message_equals_cipher++)
{
for(message_equals_cipher2=0; message_equals_cipher2 < 26; message_equals_cipher2++)
{
// Your stuff
}
}
I will agree with jim, instead of initializing your variables message_equals_cipher and message_equals_cipher2 before nested for loops. You can do it as jim specified.

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Not able to print this 2D array (weird output) in C

I am trying to read a text file with 100 numbers like 1 2 45 55 100 text file here (all on a single line) and then put them in a 10x10 array (2D array).
736.2 731.6 829.8 875.8 568.3 292.2 231.1 868.9 66.7 811.9 292.0 967.6 419.3 578.1 322.5 471.7 980.0 378.8 784.1 116.8 900.4 355.3 645.7 603.6 409.1 652.1 144.1 590.6 953.1 954.0 502.0 689.3 685.6 331.9 565.1 253.9 624.1 796.2 122.8 690.7 608.0 414.8 658.3 27.3 992.9 980.8 499.0 972.8 359.7 283.1 89.7 260.1 638.4 735.4 863.6 47.5 387.5 7.7 638.1 340.6 961.7 140.1 29.8 647.3 471.9 594.9 901.2 96.0 391.1 24.0 786.7 999.1 438.7 445.0 26.4 431.6 425.9 525.4 404.4 785.6 808.5 494.1 45.7 447.0 229.5 909.3 494.4 617.0 917.0 132.5 957.5 878.8 272.6 987.4 526.1 744.5 582.3 427.3 840.5 973.3
Here is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
#define NR 10
#define NC 10
int main(void) {
int numbers[9][9];
int i = 0;
int count;
int j = 0;
FILE *file;
file = fopen("numbers.txt", "r");
for (count = 1; count < 101; count++) {
fscanf(file, "%d", &numbers[i][j]);
j++;
if ((count != 1) && (count % 10 == 0)) {
i++;
j = 0;
}
}
fclose(file);
int p = 0;
int q = 0;
for (p = 0; p < NR; p++) {
for (q = 0; q < NC; q++) {
printf("%d", numbers[p][q]);
}
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
As SparKot noted in a comment, to read a 10x10 matrix, you need to define the matrix with 10x10 elements:
int numbers[10][10];
That has to be one of the weirder ways of reading a 10x10 matrix that I've ever seen. Why not go for a simple approach of nested loops. Since the data contains floating-point numbers, you need to read them as double (or perhaps float) values.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
double double_val;
if (fscanf(file, "%lf", &double_val) != 1)
{
fprintf(stderr, "failed to read matrix[i][j]\n", i, j);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
numbers[i][j] = double_val;
}
}
The mess with double_val works around the data containing floating point numbers and your original code trying to read integers. You'll get one valid value; thereafter, fscanf() will return 0 because the . is not a part of a valid integer. This highlights the importance of checking the return value from fscanf() and its relatives.
Frankly, you should be using double numbers[10][10]; for the data from the file. Then you could read directly into the array:
if (fscanf("%lf", &numbers[i][j]) != 1)
But you'd need to check (and probably change) all the rest of the code too.
There are multiple issues in your code:
the matrix is too small, make it numbers[NR][NC].
you do not check for fopen failure: you will have undefined behavior if the file numbers.txt is not in the current directory or cannot be open for reading.
you read the file contents as integers, but the file contains floating point numbers with a . decimal separator: the second and subsequent fscanf() will get stuck on the . and keep returning 0 without modifying the destination number, leaving the matrix mostly uninitialized. Make the matrix double numbers[NR][NC], read the numbers with %lf and test for conversion failure.
the counting method in the reading loop is weird. Just use 2 nested for loops with proper counter and tests.
printing the matrix contents, you should output at least a space between numbers so the output is readable.
Here is a modified version:
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define NR 10
#define NC 10
int main() {
double numbers[NR][NC];
FILE *file;
file = fopen("numbers.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "cannot open numbers.txt: %s\n", strerror(errno));
return 1;
}
for (int i = 0; i < NR; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < NC; j++) {
if (fscanf(file, "%lf", &numbers[i][j]) != 1) {
fprintf(stderr, "error reading number at row %d, col %d\n",
i + 1, j + 1);
fclose(file);
return 1;
}
}
}
fclose(file);
for (int p = 0; p < NR; p++) {
for (int q = 0; q < NC; q++) {
printf(" %5g", numbers[p][q]);
}
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
Clear all a common condition that causes programs to crash; they are often associated with a file named core.
code is showing segmentation fault.

Exception thrown at 0x7C131F4C (ucrtbased.dll) in ICP LAB ASSIGNMENT PROJECT.exe: 0xC0000005

I was trying to print some array but it won't print no matter what.
Which part did I do wrong?
Is it the array?
int main()
{
int i;
char id[3]; ///sample data wanted to print
id[0] = 'id1';
id[1] = 'id2';
id[2] = 'id3';
for (i = 1; i <= 3; ++i)
{
printf("%s", id[i]); ///The error appeared here////
}
}
i starts at 1, and goes to 3:
for (i = 1; i <= 3; ++i)
But you set up your array so that valid indicies are 0, 1, and 2.
3 is not a valid index.
Convention C-loops always look like this:
for(i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
That is, they start at 0 and go while less than the size of the array.
Not less than or equal to. That is your mistake.
Next, each element of the array is a single character.
But you are trying to initialize them with 3-letters, such as: id1.
A single character can hold ONE LETTER ONLY, not a set of 3 letters.
You are trying to print them out using %s; but %s is for strings, not single characters.
Here is a corrected version of your program.
int main()
{
int i;
char* id[3]; // Declare strings, not characters.
id[0] = "id1"; // Initialize each with a string
id[1] = "id2";
id[2] = "id3";
for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) // Set loop limit correctly.
{
printf("%s\n", id[i]);
}
}
You invoked undefined behavior by passing data having wrong type: %s expects an pointer to a null-terminated string while you passed id[i], whose type is char (expanded to int here).
You can use %c to display the values of implementation-defined values of multi-character character literals.
Also The loop range is wrong as #abelenky says.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i;
char id[3]; ///sample data wanted to print
id[0] = 'id1';
id[1] = 'id2';
id[2] = 'id3';
for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
{
printf("%c", id[i]);
}
}
Or do you mean this?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i;
const char* id[3]; ///sample data wanted to print
id[0] = "id1";
id[1] = "id2";
id[2] = "id3";
for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
{
printf("%s\n", id[i]);
}
}

Checking for null/empty float values when using sscanf

The following program attempts to read an input file line by line using fgets, and save each comma delimited float value into an array of structs using sscanf (this aspect of the code works fine). The issue lies in that the program should also detect when a float value is missing/empty, and assign it the float value 1.500 which then is saved into the array of structs.
EDIT: This is supposed to be compiled using VS2017, so on Windows.
*Note: Please note that the following questions have been studied before posting this question:
How to check if a string returned by scanf is null
How to get scanf to continue with empty scanset
An example of the input file (missing value in the second row):
0.123f, 0.234f, 0.345f, 0.456f, 0.567f
1.987f, , 7.376f, 2.356f, 5.122f
9.111f, 1.234f, 7.091f, 6.672f, 9.887f
Desired output (missing value in second row is detected and set to 1.500):
0.123 0.234 0.345 0.456 0.567
1.987 1.500 7.376 2.356 5.122
9.111 1.234 7.091 6.672 9.887
So far, the first attempt tried to scan all 5 floats (each with 'f' suffix) into strings and then check to see if those strings are null/empty or of zero length using strcmp and strlen, respectively, and finally involved trying to use sscanf again on each of those variables to read each into an array of structs.
The 2nd attempt included a check to see if the sscanf was successful by using if (sscanf(line, "%ff", &data[i].x) == NULL) { // ...some alert and assign 1.500}, which did not work either. The 3rd attempt, as seen below:
#include "stdio.h"
int main() {
typedef struct {
float x, y, vx, vy, mass;
}DATA;
FILE *file = fopen("null_detector.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL)
{
printf(stderr, "ERROR: file not opened.\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
int N= 3;
DATA* data = malloc(Nbodies * sizeof * data); // Array allocation
char line[256];
int i;
int inc = 1;
for (i = 0; i < Nbodies; i += inc)
{
fgets(line, sizeof(line), file);
// **Some info:
// Scan 5 float variables per line (this part works fine)
sscanf(line, "%ff, %ff, %ff, %ff, %ff",
&data[i].x, &data[i].y, &data[i].vx, &data[i].vy, &data[i].mass); // %ff accounts for 'f' suffix
// Now check if any of above vars are empty/NULL.
// NOTE: aware that these vars CANNOT be compared to NULL,
// but has been included to try and provide clarity for end goal
if (data[i].x == NULL)
{
//.. assign 1.500 to data[i].x
}
if (data[i].y == NULL)
{
//... same as above etc
}
// ...Repeat IF statements for all 5 vars
}
//Print the contents of array of structs to check for correct output
for (i = 0; i < Nbodies; i++)
{
printf("%.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f\n", data[i].x, data[i].y, data[i].vx, data[i].vy, data[i].mass);
}
return 0;
}
Summary:
Does anyone know how this program can be modified to:
detect missing float values in each line of the file upon reading them with fgets
replace missing float values with the float value 1.500
write these values to the array of structs, like the non-missing values successfully are doing?
As commented in the code, I am aware that the struct float variables cannot be compared to NULL. I have included this comparison in the code to only try to add some clarity as to what the end goal is.
You can use strsep to separate each line.
str = strsep(&line, ",")
Using one function to set the value of data:
void set_data(DATA *dt, int count, float f) {
switch(count) {
case 0: dt->x = f; break;
case 1: dt->y = f; break;
case 2: dt->vx = f; break;
case 3: dt->vy = f; break;
case 4: dt->mass = f; break;
}
}
The complete code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef struct {
float x, y, vx, vy, mass;
}DATA;
void set_data(DATA *dt, int count, float f) {
switch(count) {
case 0: dt->x = f; break;
case 1: dt->y = f; break;
case 2: dt->vx = f; break;
case 3: dt->vy = f; break;
case 4: dt->mass = f; break;
}
}
int main() {
FILE *file = fopen("text.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL)
{
printf( "ERROR: file not opened.\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
int N= 3;
DATA* data = malloc(N * sizeof(data)); // Array allocation
char *line;
int i;
int inc = 1;
size_t n = 0;
for (i = 0; i < N; i += inc)
{
getline(&line, &n, file);
int count = 0;
char *str;
while((str = strsep(&line, ",")) != NULL) {
if (strcmp(str, " ") == 0) {
set_data(&data[i], count, 1.5);
} else {
set_data(&data[i], count, atof(str));
}
// printf("count = %d\n", count);
// printf("token: %s\n", str);
count++;
}
}
//Print the contents of array of structs to check for correct output
for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
printf("%.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f %.3f\n", data[i].x, data[i].y, data[i].vx, data[i].vy, data[i].mass);
}
return 0;
}
The input:
#cat text.txt
0.123f, 0.234f, 0.345f, 0.456f, 0.567f
1.987f, , 7.376f, 2.356f, 5.122f
9.111f, 1.234f, 7.091f, 6.672f, 9.887
The output:
0.123 0.234 0.345 0.456 0.567
1.987 1.500 7.376 2.356 5.122
9.111 1.234 7.091 6.672 9.887
It can also achieved with only sscanf if there is at least a space between the commas when there is an absence of an input value.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
char *str[] = {"0.123f, 0.234f, 0.345f, 0.456f, 0.567f",
"1.987f, , 7.376f, 2.356f, 5.122f",
"9.111f, 1.234f, 7.091f, 6.672f, 9.887f"};
float float_arr[3][5];
char temp[5][7];
for (unsigned i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
if (5 != sscanf(str[i], "%6[^,],%6[^,],%6[^,],%6[^,],%6[^,]",
temp[0], temp[1], temp[2], temp[3], temp[4]))
return printf("Error\n"), 1;
for (unsigned j = 0; j < 5; j++)
if (1 != sscanf(temp[j], "%ff", &float_arr[i][j]))
float_arr[i][j] = 1.500f;
}
// printing the result
for (unsigned i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
for (unsigned j = 0; j < 5; j++)
printf("%ff ", float_arr[i][j]);
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
Output
0.123000f 0.234000f 0.345000f 0.456000f 0.567000f
1.987000f 1.500000f 7.376000f 2.356000f 5.122000f
9.111000f 1.234000f 7.091000f 6.672000f 9.887000f

Count of similar characters without repetition, in two strings

I have written a C program to find out the number of similar characters between two strings. If a character is repeated again it shouldn't count it.
Like if you give an input of
everest
every
The output should be
3
Because the four letters "ever" are identical, but the repeated "e" does not increase the count.
For the input
apothecary
panther
the output should be 6, because of "apther", not counting the second "a".
My code seems like a bulk one for a short process. My code is
#include<stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
char firstString[100], secondString[100], similarChar[100], uniqueChar[100] = {0};
fgets(firstString, 100, stdin);
fgets(secondString, 100, stdin);
int firstStringLength = strlen(firstString) - 1, secondStringLength = strlen(secondString) - 1, counter, counter1, count = 0, uniqueElem, uniqueCtr = 0;
for(counter = 0; counter < firstStringLength; counter++) {
for(counter1 = 0; counter1 < secondStringLength; counter1++) {
if(firstString[counter] == secondString[counter1]){
similarChar[count] = firstString[counter];
count++;
break;
}
}
}
for(counter = 0; counter < strlen(similarChar); counter++) {
uniqueElem = 0;
for(counter1 = 0; counter1 < counter; counter1++) {
if(similarChar[counter] == uniqueChar[counter1]) {
uniqueElem++;
}
}
if(uniqueElem == 0) {
uniqueChar[uniqueCtr++] = similarChar[counter];
}
}
if(strlen(uniqueChar) > 1) {
printf("%d\n", strlen(uniqueChar));
printf("%s", uniqueChar);
} else {
printf("%d",0);
}
}
Can someone please provide me some suggestions or code for shortening this function?
You should have 2 Arrays to keep a count of the number of occurrences of each aplhabet.
int arrayCount1[26],arrayCount2[26];
Loop through strings and store the occurrences.
Now for counting the similar number of characters use:
for( int i = 0 ; i < 26 ; i++ ){
similarCharacters = similarCharacters + min( arrayCount1[26], arrayCount2[26] )
}
There is a simple way to go. Take an array and map the ascii code as an index to that array. Say int arr[256]={0};
Now whatever character you see in string-1 mark 1 for that. arr[string[i]]=1; Marking what characters appeared in the first string.
Now again when looping through the characters of string-2 increase the value of arr[string2[i]]++ only if arr[i] is 1. Now we are tallying that yes this characters appeared here also.
Now check how many positions of the array contains 2. That is the answer.
int arr[256]={0};
for(counter = 0; counter < firstStringLength; counter++)
arr[firstString[counter]]=1;
for(counter = 0; counter < secondStringLength; counter++)
if(arr[secondString[counter]]==1)
arr[secondString[counter]]++;
int ans = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
ans += (arr[i]==2);
Here is a simplified approach to achieve your goal. You should create an array to hold the characters that has been seen for the first time.
Then, you'll have to make two loops. The first is unconditional, while the second is conditional; That condition is dependent on a variable that you have to create, which checks weather the end of one of the strings has been reached.
Ofcourse, the checking for the end of the other string should be within the first unconditional loop. You can make use of the strchr() function to count the common characters without repetition:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int foo(const char *s1, const char *s2);
int main(void)
{
printf("count: %d\n", foo("everest", "every"));
printf("count: %d\n", foo("apothecary", "panther"));
printf("count: %d\n", foo("abacus", "abracadabra"));
return 0;
}
int foo(const char *s1, const char *s2)
{
int condition = 0;
int count = 0;
size_t n = 0;
char buf[256] = { 0 };
// part 1
while (s2[n])
{
if (strchr(s1, s2[n]) && !strchr(buf, s2[n]))
{
buf[count++] = s2[n];
}
if (!s1[n]) {
condition = 1;
}
n++;
}
// part 2
if (!condition ) {
while (s1[n]) {
if (strchr(s2, s1[n]) && !strchr(buf, s1[n]))
{
buf[count++] = s1[n];
}
n++;
}
}
return count;
}
NOTE: You should check for buffer overflow, and you should use a dynamic approach to reallocate memory accordingly, but this is a demo.

How to store a number string in a file as a seperate integer in an array in C

I have 32 bits as a text file in Sender.txt like
00100100101110001111111100000001
I want to store each individual number as an integer in the array. I have tried the following code but not working.
#include <stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
void main()
{
FILE *myfile;
myfile = fopen("Sender.txt" , "r");
char data[32];
int i,con, data1[32];
for(i=0;i<32;i++)
{
fscanf(myfile, "%1s", &data[i]);
}
for(i=0;i<32;i++)
{
con = atoi(data[i]);
data1[i]=con;
}
for(i=0;i<32;i++)
{
printf("%d \n", &data1[i]);
}
}
Still without fully understanding the purpose of your endeavor, I suggest to rewrite the first two loops:
for(i = 0; i < 32; i++)
{
int next = fgetc(myfile);
data1[i] = (next == '0') : 0 ? 1;
}
This code assumes that the file has 32 1's or 0's, all on the same line, and nothing else.
This could be further compressed, possibly at the expense of clarity:
for(i = 0; i < 32; i++)
{
data1[i] = fgetc(myfile) - '0';
}
Why don't you use fgetc ? This function reads only one Charakter and returns it.
Your code should then look like this:This one got errors see EDIT
FILE *file;
char c[32];
for(int i = 0; i < 32; i++){
if((c[i] = fgetc(file)) == NULL)
//then Error
}
fclose(file);
EDIT: As rightly pointed out by "alk" (what a name mate xD) The if clause makes no sense at all. It was to early in the morning i apologize. The right code should of course look like this:
FILE *file;
int data[32]; //The Question was to store the Data in an int not char like i did...
for(int i = 0; i < 32; i++)
data[i] = fgetc(file) - '0';
fclose(file);
Best regards

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