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how to turn a user input into a text file for example user inputs 100 and the program creates a text file named 100.txt?
I have tried to work it out but it still doesnt work properly.
i used
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  1. getc(stdin);  
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  3. char filename[80];
  4. sprintf(filename,"%d.txt", stdin);

and then i also tried

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  1. char line[255];
  2. fgets(line, 255, stdin);
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  4. char filename[80];
  5. sprintf(filename,"%d.txt", stdin);
any ideas on why it wont create the text file?
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This line is incorrect:
sprintf(filename,"%d.txt", stdin);
Since you've already gotten the input from stdin, you should be supplying the variable which contains the user input as an argument instead of stdin.

And since you read it in as a string, you'll want to change "%d" to "%s". Also beware of newlines in your string, which could thoroughly mess up your program.
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the program runs, but no output file is generated? am i missing a command still?
c Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. char line[255];
  2. fgets(line, 255, stdin);
  3. char filename[80];
  4. sprintf(filename,"%s.txt",line);
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Also beware of newlines in your string, which could thoroughly mess up your program.
You're going to have to remove the newline character (if it's there), which is usually as simple as doing the following
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  1. if (string[strlen(string)-1] == '\n')
  2.    string[strlen(string)-1] = '\0';

Anyhow, the code works fine for me, even without the newline character removal. So perhaps it would be best for you to show us the code you're using?
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well the entirety is only
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  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2. #include <string.h>
  3. #include <ctype.h>
  4. int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  5. char line[255];
  6. fgets(line, 255, stdin);
  7. char filename[80];
  8. sprintf(filename,"%s.txt",line);
  9.   return 0;
  10. }
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the program runs, but no output file is generated? am i missing a command still?
c Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2. #include <string.h>
  3. #include <ctype.h>
  4. int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  5. char line[255];
  6. fgets(line, 255, stdin);
  7. char filename[80];      // This line can't be here.  It has to 
  8.                         // be above all executable code in C
  9. sprintf(filename,"%s.txt",line);
  10.   return 0;
  11. }
Yeah. Where do you:
1) open the file after you generate the name?
2) write to the file?
3) close the file before exiting?
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well all i want to do is for the user to input a name or number and for the program to create a text file with that name. im not actually writing anything into the file, its just an empty .txt file with a name that hte user chose
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You still have to open the file for writing. It doesn't magically get created just because you create a name in a variable...

Look up fopen()
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well i used

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  1. fout = fopen("%s.txt", "w");
but how do i represet "%s.txt" as the user's input?
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well i used

fout = fopen("%s.txt", "w");

but how do i represet "%s.txt" as the user's input?
you already posted the answer to that question in your post #5. Just use variable filename
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  1. sprintf(filename,"%s.txt",line); // <<< from your previous post
  2. fout = fopen(filename, "w");
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