From: Pixnaps AT netaccess DOT co DOT nz (Richard Chappell) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Randon Function Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 05:44:49 GMT Organization: Customer of Telstra New Zealand Lines: 18 Message-ID: <34dfe7b8.6111175@news.netaccess.co.nz> References: <6bgtsb$h8o AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu> <6bgvt1$ruu AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca> <6blsh6$4ik AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu> <34DE8D3D DOT 115E AT cs DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pppd015.netaccess.co.nz To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk >char * read_one_line( char *buf, int len, int seek_line, FILE *fp ) >{ [snip] >} So if I wanted to use this function in a program, would I have: char *mypc; mypc=read_one_line(&mypc, myLenWanted,myLineWanted,"data.txt"); If I've done this wrongly (which I probably have because I don't really know anything about file i/o) please tell me what I did wrong, and how to fix it !! Thanx in advance, Richard Chappell Pixnaps AT netaccess DOT co DOT nz Christchurch, New Zealand