reading a csv file into struct array

Question

I\'m beginning to code in C. My code is as follows:

#include 
#include 
#include 

#define MAX_STR_LEN 256
#de         


        

Answer 1

In the while loop:

while (fgets(buf, 255, bookFile) != NULL)

you are copying into the memory location of buffer new contents from file. As tmp points to a certain point in the buffer, its contents are being replaced too.

 tmp = strtok(NULL, ";");
 books[i].name = tmp;

You should allocate memory for each struct of the array and then use strcopy.

You can find an explanation of differences between strcpy and strdup here: strcpy vs strdup