Read from a file into an array?

[fmsguy06]

Hello to all. I am trying to read from a file into an array. I am trying to use the first integer of the file as the size of the array.


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int numberOfChar;


FILE *fp;
fp=fopen("test.txt", "rb");
if (fscanf(fp, "%d", &numberOfChar) == 1)
printf("%d\n", numberOfChar);
int x[numberOfChar];


int s;

for (s = 0; s < numberOfChar; s++)
{

fscanf(*fp, &x);

}


return 0;
}

But I get the errors:

Type error in argument 1 to 'fscanf'; found 'FILE', expected 'FILE *'.
Type error in argument 2 to 'fscanf'; found 'int *', expected 'const char *'.

both pointing to the:

fscanf(*fp, &x);

Line. Is my logic completely wrong? I thank you in advance!

 

[fmsguy06]

I changed one line

fscanf(fp, "%d", &x);


so now:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int numberOfChar;


FILE *fp;
fp=fopen("test.txt", "rb");
if (fscanf(fp, "%d", &numberOfChar) == 1)
printf("%d\n", numberOfChar);
int x[numberOfChar];


int s;

for (s = 0; s < numberOfChar; s++)
{
fscanf(fp, "%d", &x);
}


return 0;
}


It returns the number 3... which is the first number of the text document...so I think I'm heading in the right direction, but still not entering the data into the array?