Variable value changes for no apparent reason - c

In my code I define a step size "h" before a while loop. Somehow it seems to change by itself when I try to use it in the loop. If I define it inside the loop it seems to be ok, but the data I get doesn't seem to be right so I'm guessing the problem might be related.
Even when I print it at this location (see the printf in the code) the output is 3 values and I have no idea why. If you see anything else that's not related but seems wrong please tell me, as I said I'm getting unexpected values (it may just be my formulas).
int main()
{
FILE *f1;
f1 = fopen("Question2 part 3 solution.txt", "w");
double r0=0.05;
double dr0=-a*a*r0/sqrt(1+pow(a*a*r0,2)),h=0.01;
double k[4][3],x[]={dr0,z0,T0,r0},x1[]={0,0,0,0}, s=0;
int i,j;
while(s<=1)
{
//Runge-Kutta
for (j=0;j<4;j++)
{
for (i=0;i<4;i++)
{
if (j==0){k[i][0]=h*System(i,x[0],x[1],x[2],x[3]);}
if (j==1){k[i][1]=h*System(i,x[0]+k[0][0]/2.0,x[1]+k[1][0]/2.0,x[2]+k[2][0]/2.0,x[3]+k[3][0]/2.0);}
if (j==2){k[i][2]=h*System(i,x[0]+k[0][1]/2.0,x[1]+k[1][1]/2.0,x[2]+k[2][1]/2.0,x[3]+k[3][1]/2.0);}
if (j==3){k[i][3]=h*System(i,x[0]+k[0][2],x[1]+k[1][2],x[2]+k[2][2],x[3]+k[3][2]);}
}
}
for (i=0;i<4;i++)
{
x[i]=x[i]+(k[i][0]+2.0*k[i][1]+2.0*k[i][2]+k[i][3])/6.0;
}
printf("%8.3lf",h);
s+=h;
}
fclose(f1);
return(0);
}
double System(int i,double dr, double z, double T, double r)
{
//printf("%e\t%e\t%e\t%e\n",dr,z,T,r);
if (T==T0 && z==z0 && i==0) {return (-a*a*dr)*pow(1-dr*dr,3/2)/2.0;}
if (i==0 && T!=0){return (-a*a*r*(1-dr*dr)-dr*sqrt(1-dr*dr))/T;}
if (i==1){return (-sqrt(1-dr*dr));}
if (i==2){return (-a*a*r*dr+sqrt(1-dr*dr));}
if (i==3){return (dr);}
//if (i==3){return (-m2*l1*l2*B*theta1dt*theta2dt*sin(theta2-theta1)-l2*m2*g*B*sin(theta2));}
}
Thanks in advance!

See the declaration of k:
double k[4][3]
And then see this statement
k[i][3]=...
Here you write beyond the boundaries of the array, leading to undefined behavior.

You are overrunning the memory, variable k is defined as double k[4][3], but you are updating k[i][3]when j==3

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I'm trying to get my code to convert a text file with 3 columns, xcoor, ycoor, and a symbol with 2 characters into a 30x30 map that prints the 2nd character of the symbol with the rest of the spaces being filled with a '.' However, my code doesn't seem to run, and I get a segmentation error when I try inputting the text file, what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance
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This may not cover ALL of your errors, but immediately I see this:
int xcoor,ycoor;
char symbol[2];
while((xcoor!=0)
Do you think xcoor has a valid value right now? Should it? Because it doesn't. You've created a variable, then before actually setting it to anything, you are checking its value.
It's more than likely your scanf call that's giving you trouble. Regardless, try actually setting these variables. It will most likely fix your issues.
See here for more info: Is reading from unallocated memory safe?
You are using an uninitialized variable xcoor in the conditional of the while statement.
You can fix that by initializing xcoor.
More importantly, you can simplify the code for reading user data and the related error checks. Here's what I suggest:
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}
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Frequency of each word of text file. Error while allocating memory?

Good evening everyone!
I have started messing around with strings and pointers in C.
I want to write a programm that reads a text file, then calculating the frequency of each word and printing it.
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Take into consideration that in words[N] i have put each word of the text by itself in each cell.
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Maybe another array is not what you want, but still better than using realloc and condition in loop.
int freq[N];
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Please anybody check my code to see what's wrong with it

#include <stdio.h>
int getAvg(int a, int b, int c);
int main()
{
int a,b,c;
int i;
int avg[5];
char name[5][10] ;
int korean[5], english[5], maths[5] ;
char message[2][10] = {"Pass","No Pass"};
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int getAvg(int a, int b, int c)
{
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I want to print like this
Enter your marks <name,korean,english,maths>
kim 10 50 60
Enter your marks <name,korean,english,maths>
hanna 50 60 70
Enter your marks <name,korean,english,maths>
lee 80 70 60
Enter your marks <name,korean,english,maths>
lori 70 80 90
Enter your marks <name,korean,english,maths>
kang 60 70 80
name:kim,korean:10,english:50,maths:60,average:40 == no pass
name:hanna,korean:50,english:60,maths:70,average:60 == no pass
name:lee,korean:80,english:70,maths:60,average:70 == pass
name:lori,korean:70,english:80,maths:90,average:80 == pass
name:kang,korean:60,english:70,maths:80,average:70 == pass
I'm really sorry if it turns out to be my mistakes or the question is too elementary.. it's due in 5 hours and i couldn't figure out what's wrong.. it keeps telling me that the getAve function is undefined reference and i see nothing wrong with it.. please anybody kindly help me? :(
Your getAvg is inside main. Move it out (or, equivalently, move one outer brace from end of your code to just above getAvg definition start). There is also something wrong with the calculation of averages, but that's a logical error, not a syntactic one. (Specifically, you're calculating the average of a, b and c - check where you define the value of those variables, and you're printing stuff before you calculate it).
You get "undefined reference to getAvg function" because you did not close main before defining the getAvg function. Just move the last } before the function definition and that error should be gone !
Then,You call the function like this
avg[i] = getAvg(a,b,c);
But a,b and c are uninitialized ! So you need
a=korean[i];
b=english[i];
c=maths[i];
Before it. You also print avg[i] before you calculate it. So, move the printf after the function call to get the desired results.
After fixing your brace positioning, also there is a problem here:
printf("name:%s, korean:%d, english:%d, maths:%d, average:%d",name[i],korean[i],english[i],maths[i],avg[i]);
avg[i] = getAvg(a,b,c);
You have to calculate the average before you display it. Also, a, b, c are uninitialized variables. You probably meant:
avg[i] = getAvg( korean[i], english[i], maths[i] );
printf("name:%s, korean:%d, english:%d, maths:%d, average:%d",
name[i], korean[i], english[i], maths[i], avg[i]);
first you put getAvg(...) outside of main()
now call getAvg(...) before printing avg[i];
avg[i] = getAvg(korean[i],english[i],maths[i]);
printf("name:%s, korean:%d, english:%d, maths:%d, average:%d",name[i],korean[i],english[i],maths[i],avg[i]);

Working out if an array of line segments intersect

I have been asked to store and draw an array of linesegments.
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I'm having trouble outputting the messages. Think I'm stuck in the while loop and I'm really not sure how to get out!
Thank you in advance.
your while loop will never terminate, because there is no line in it that will ever make it's condition not true.
while (pointssofar<=(2*MAXSEGMENTS)){
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you also have 2 break statements, but those are entirely dependant on the XCoord and YCoord functions. They might not ever actually be returning negative numbers.
You don't seem to increment pointssofar unless you find an intersection.

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You have undefined behavior in your code.
When you declare a local variable without assigning anything to it, its value is indeterminate. Usage of this variable will be undefined behavior until you assign a value to it.
In this case it's the dmg and x variables that causes this problem.
Its because of these statement :
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return (x); // even this one is wrong
you are exiting the code there and never getting to the printf ..
there should only be one return in main() .. and at the end.
More problems with your code:
you don't initialise dmg and x , but you use them as parameters for while loop
float lt1, lt2, dmg, x; // dmg,x uninitialized
In the outer while loop .. its an infinite loop as you don't do anything to the parameters of that loop to get out of it.
Like I said above .. there should be only 1 return in main()
Maybe instead of returning you should look into break; ( i don't know if thats what you want or not as I don't understand your code )

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