Need help with writing strings to file in C

[MasterHacker110]

I have this code:

#include <stdio.h>

int create_logfile(char *name, char *field, char *joindate)
{
    FILE *ofile;
    ofile = fopen("test.txt", "a+");

    if(ofile == NULL)
        return 1;

    fprintf(ofile, "%s\t%s\t[%s]\n", name, field, joindate);

    fclose(ofile);

    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    char name[100], field[100], joindate[100];

    printf("Name: ");
    fgets(name, sizeof(name), stdin);
    printf("Field: ");
    fgets(field, sizeof(field), stdin);
    printf("Date: ");
    fgets(joindate, sizeof(joindate), stdin);

    create_logfile(name, field, joindate);
}

It gives this output:

John Doe
    Programmer
    [15/06/96
]

But is supose to give it like this:

John Doe    Programmer  [15/06/96]

What is worng and how do i fix it?

[nullptr]

Refer to http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/fgets/

A newline character makes fgets stop reading, but it is considered a valid character by the function and included in the string copied to str.

[deceptikon]

fgets() includes the newline that terminated input for a successful call. If it's there you need to remove it:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

char *fgets_trim(char *s, int n, FILE *in)
{
    char *p = fgets(s, n, in);

    if (p) {
        s[strcspn(s, "\n")] = '\0';
    }

    return p;
}

int main(void)
{
    char s[BUFSIZ];

    if (fgets_trim(s, sizeof s, stdin)) {
        printf("'%s'\n", s);
    }

    return 0;
}

However, note that the newline is important information. If it's not present after fgets() returns then that means you may have read a partial line. If you continue to push through with your normal logic then you may get garbage results. So take care in just automatically removing the newline without considering other error handling strategies.

A more thorough approach might be with a dynamically allocated string that grows to meet input needs:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char *dgets_trim(FILE *in)
{
    char *p = NULL, *temp;
    size_t size = 0, end = 0;
    char buf[BUFSIZ];

    while (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, in)) {
        size += strlen(buf);
        temp = (char*)realloc(p, size + 1);

        if (!temp) {
            break;
        }

        p = temp;
        strcpy(p + end, buf);
        end = size;

        if (p[end - 1] == '\n') {
            p[end - 1] = '\0';
            break;
        }
    }

    return p;
}

int main(void)
{
    char *s = dgets_trim(stdin);

    if (s) {
        printf("'%s'\n", s);
        free(s);
    }

    return 0;
}

But ultimately your problem is the trailing newline after each fgets() call. Remove that and your output will look like you want.

[MasterHacker110]

Thanks 'deceptikon'