From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Doing wrong! But where?
Date:	Mon, 09 Feb 1998 18:38:22 -0500
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JODE wrote:
> 
> struct Man  {
> 
> char stick[1];
> 
> }man1;
> 
> fgets(man1.stick, 1, thefile1);
> 
> printf("%C\n", man1.stick);
> 
> The thefile1 first line contains only a single "Y" charracter!
> I just can't get it right! The printf  prints something realy wierd!
> Where do I do wrong?

Use %s to print strings, not %c (note case).  That is the major error
you have, but I must point out another - when you create the array in
your struct you are not allocating sufficient space to store the
terminating null character that is a part of all strings.  You are lucky
in that gcc automatically packs structure members along 4 byte
boundaries, but on another compiler this just might cause seriously
undefined behavior.

It sounds like you're confused about how arrays and strings work in C. 
I suggest reading a tutorial on the subject; there are lots of C
textbooks available, and plenty of documents on the net.

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