result = fscanf(fp, "%[^\n]%*c", ap->name); The %*c specifier

answer re: fscanf problem with reading in String

Dec 12 '09

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One problem with this:

result = fscanf(fp, "%[^\n]s", ap->name);

is that you have an extra s at the end of your format specifier. The entire format specifier should just be %[^\n], which says "read in a string which consists of characters which are not newlines". The extra s is…

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[aiana-exe]

says to read in a character (c), but don't assign it to any variable (*).