Re: fscanf hangs
PeterOut wrote:
I am using MS Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP 5.1 (SP2).
I am not sure if this is a C, C++ or MS issue but fscanf has been
randomly hanging on me. I make the call hundreds, if not thousands,
of times but it hangs in different places with the same data. The
offending code follows.
ReadFile(char *csFileName)
{
float fFloat1, fFloat2;
long lLong1, lLong2, lNum, lLastX = iColumns-1, lLastY =iRows-1;
int iRead;
FILE *fpInFile;
if ((fpInFile= fopen(csFileName, "r")) == NULL) return
ErrorOpeningFile(csFileName);
do
{
// It randomly hangs on the followinf
line
iRead=fscanf(fpInFile, "%d%d%f%f%d", &lLong1, &lLong2, &fFloat1,
&fFloat2, &lNum);
if (iRead==0 || iRead==EOF) break;
} while (lX < lLastX || lY < lLastY);
}
I am wondering if I should just do binary reading so as to have more
control over what is going on.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance,
Peter.
Hmmm, I was thinking that it might be a consequence of corrupt memory
(like buffer overruns, changing memory after free() (or equivalent) or
some other similar problem).
Test if you have access to a function called AfxCheckMemory(). (It is
available in later versions of their compiler, don't know if it is in
that version however).
If it is available try placing
ASSERT(AfxCheckMemory());
immediately before the call to fscanf(). If it breaks you have
previously overwritten some memory somewhere in your program where that
should not happen...
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