hi and thanks for advance,
i have a problem to compare between 2 arrays.
i have a file name fruit_file which has a content like this:
apple
orange
mango
banana
papaya

and i have an seed array from arg list which is;
mango
lime
pineapple
peach

i want to copy seeds from seed_array to fruit_file but not for same fruit.so i have to compare array and file so that no duplicate fruit inside the file.
below is my code and i cant have good output.and this is my output (in fruit_file)
apple
orange
mango
banana
papaya
lime
lime
pineapple
lime
pineapple
peach

i dont know why there r duplicate fruit inside the fruit_file.is it because of my seed_array or what?

char seed[100]="";
char seed_array[100][100];
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
       count=0;//count d number of seeds
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
       {
	/* Check for a switch (leading "-") */

	if (argv[i][0] == '-')
	  {
	     /* Use the next character to decide what to do. */

	     switch (argv[i][1])
	      {

		
                case 's': strcpy (seed,argv[++i]);
                          seed_found=true;
                          strcpy (seed_array[count],seed);
                          count++;
                              seeding();

                           break;
             
            default:   printf ("Invalid selection \n");
                       break;
	   }
	}
    }


   printf ("Running Completed......\n");
   getch();

   return 0;
}

void seeding()
{
FILE *fruit_file;
   if ((fruit_file= fopen(fruit, "a+"))
       == NULL)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open output file.\n");
    exit(0);
  }
  char fruit_array[100][100];
  int row=0;
  char *p=NULL;
  while (fgets(fruit_array[row],100,fruit_file) !=NULL)
  {
    if(p=strchr(fruit_array[row],'\n'))
      {
        *p='\0';
      }
    row++;
  }
            for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)
               {
                
                   printf("seed=%s\n",seed_array[i]);
                  for(int bil=0;bil<=row;bil++)
                   {
                     if(strcmp(fruit_array[bil],seed_array[i]) != 0)
                      {
                           fprintf (fruit_file,"%s\n",seed_array[i]);
                      }
                   }

                }
}

really need help from u guys!!!!

Can you give the actual command used to invoke the program?

for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)

Here , the first element in the seed array is getting ignored. This could be the reason that you are getting multiple entries of the same fruit in your result file.

Can you give the actual command used to invoke the program?

for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)

Here , the first element in the seed array is getting ignored. This could be the reason that you are getting multiple entries of the same fruit in your result file.

do u mean i need to start with i=0?
actually i combine the code with other function and its a long code so i juz copied for fruit's code only.

#pragma hdrstop
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys\stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <time.h>

char fruit[MAX_FILENAME]="";
char seed[100]="";
char seed_array[100][100];
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
       count=0;//count d number of seeds
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
       {
    /* Check for a switch (leading "-") */

    if (argv[i][0] == '-')
      {
         /* Use the next character to decide what to do. */

         switch (argv[i][1])
          {

                            case 's':     strcpy (seed,argv[++i]);
                                              seed_found=true;
                                              strcpy (seed_array[count],seed);
                                              count++;
                                              seeding();  
                                              break;      
                           default:      printf ("Invalid selection \n");
                                             break;
         }
    }
       }


   printf ("Running Completed......\n");
   getch();

   return 0;
}

void seeding()
{
   FILE *fruit_file;
   if ((fruit_file= fopen(fruit, "a+"))  == NULL)
      {
            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open output file.\n");
             exit(0);
       }
  char fruit_array[100][100];
  int row=0;
  char *p=NULL;
  while (fgets(fruit_array[row],100,fruit_file) !=NULL)
    {
                  if(p=strchr(fruit_array[row],'\n'))
                       {
                                *p='\0';
                         }
                  row++;
     }
    for(int i=1;i<=count;i++)
      {   
                   printf("seed=%s\n",seed_array[i]);
                  for(int bil=0;bil<=row;bil++)
                      {
                                 if(strcmp(fruit_array[bil],seed_array[i]) != 0)
                                          {
                                               fprintf (fruit_file,"%s\n",seed_array[i]);
                                           }
                     }

       }
}

really need help from u guys!!!!

Unless you initialize i to 0 you will never compare seed_array[0] with the fruit array values.

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