fgets/sscanf

[Tango Charlie]

I'm trying to get this program to open and read a *.txt file and save in an array in traditional C. CLASS is defined as "filename.t xt" in the header file. It reads from the file, I think, but it is nothing but garbage. Please offer suggestions...

#include "cl_info.h"

void get_class_data(struct student class[])
{
   char   last_name[MAXWORD];
   char   line[MAXLINE];
   int    cnt;
   int    i = 0;
   int    n;
   FILE   *ifp;

   ifp = fopen(CLASS, "r");
   if (ifp == NULL) {
      printf("\nCannot open %s - Goodbye!\n\n", CLASS);
      exit(1);
   }
   for (i = 0; fgets(line, MAXLINE, ifp) != NULL; ++i){
	   cnt = sscanf_s(line, "%s%d %c",
		   last_name, &class[i].student_id, &class[i].grade);
	   assert(cnt == 3);
	   n = strlen(last_name);
	   class[i].last_name = calloc(n + 1, sizeof(char));
	   assert(class[i].last_name != NULL);
	   strcpy(class[i].last_name, last_name);
   }
   if (i != CLASS_SIZE) {
      printf("\n%s\n\n",
         "ERROR: Unexpected class size in %s - Goodbye!\n\n", CLASS);
      exit(1);
   }
}

I can't wait to understand this language!

[RedSon]

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