[plug] C, bad syntax etc.

[Denis Brown]

Hello, John.

The following code works as the simplest case. @@@@

#include <stdio.h>
FILE *fptr;
main()
{
fptr = fopen ("myfile.txt", "a+");
fprintf (fptr, "hello\n");
fclose (fptr);
}

As Carl noted earlier, it would pay to take the fopen / fclose pair out of
your loop construct.   That will avoid having to use "a" or "a+" in the
open statement; a simple "w" would then suffice, over writing any existing
output file or creating one if previously nonexistent.

As to why your fclose doesn't behave... anyone???   Corrupted library
maybe?

HTH,
Denis

@@@@ based on the recent perl sort "competition" for skinny code, I am
uneasy in stating absolutes anymore :-)   If anyone has a simpler version
of the above, I'm all eyes.

Cheers.