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When I tried doing this with the 'while ((ch = getc(fi))!= EOF)' line, it tripped saying unable to reinterpret EOF, therefore, how to read in unsigned char's?
When I tried doing this with the 'while ((ch = getc(fi))!= EOF)' line, it tripped saying unable to reinterpret EOF, therefore, how to read in unsigned char's?
getc() returns an int. EOF is usually define as -1, when you cast the unsigned char 255 into signed char (which is what happens you assign to ch) you will also get -1, so the code won't work as expected in all circumstances (see 2's complement). Basically, declare ch an int should fix things.
Also testing the return value of rand() against EOF doesn't make much sense, nor does taking the absolute value of it since it returns a positive number anyway. You never return a value from gen_random_file() even though you declared it to return an int.
Your first problem is a basic problem covered in many intro to programming books: You are storing the result of getc (which returns an int) in a char type. EOF is -1, so when you compare "ch" to "EOF" they will be equal if you see any bytes in the file that have a value of 255, as this sample code demonstrates:
What's the unused for '0', because when I read from file it it's acting like an EOF. (See other post 'One Time')
I've changed all usage to fgetc etc and all appropriate chars to ints, but it exit's the loop...
I believe it's generally -1 elsewise 255 if unsigned, supposedly defined in stdio.h. However i'm of to try using feof() instead... see if that solves my little problem!
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