Basically, I'm writing some code that will take text from some .txt files and rearrange them into other .txt files. I've written 3 functions, but ignore the 2nd one, I haven't worked on it yet. When I try to call my 3rd function, I get an error message from Dev C++ saying "Called object is not a function". I know it's the context of my whole program, because I have run the function in a different program, and it works fine. If anyone could narrow down the problem for me, I would appreciate it VERY much. The line of code that gets highlighted by Dev C++ is in red, scroll down until you see it.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <time.h>

/*               This function searches for a keyword in a line, if the keyword 
                 is found, it returns the position in the line array that the 
                 match was found, otherwise, it returns -1. The "wild" character
                 acts just like a blank tile in scrabble(for the keyword)
                                                                                 */
int line_search(char keyword[], char line[], char wild);


/*               This function filters out whatever string is put in as the char
                 array leave_out. 
                                                                                 */
char *filter(char input[], char leave_out[]);



/*               This function gets every paragraph up to the on that has the 
                 predefined delimeter character or phrase. It returns a number
                 array with the 0th term being the number of paragraphs 

*/
int slide(FILE *ifp, char delimeter[], char wild);

char  paragraph_list[50][80][250], dummy[10], stitle[50][40];
int  format;

int main(){

    FILE *ifp, *ofp;
    int templete;     
    int isimage, topnum, bottomnum, newslide, body;
         
    int i, j, k, l, m, n, folder, index, contin = 0, a;
    char course[20], path[100];
    char temp[250], file[60][10000], stitle[100], ptitle[100];
    char slide[20], top[100][1200], bottom[100][1200], paragraph[50][250], input[250];
    
    char base[100];
    char base2[10000], temp1;
    char filename [ FILENAME_MAX ];
    
    
    //Here is where the user is given options
    printf("Enter the the number corresponding with the folder the images and videos will be stored in:\n");
    printf("1 t2/images\n2 system32\n\n");
    scanf("%d", &folder);
    printf("\n\nPlease put the number that corresponds with the slides subject, and press enter:\n1 Math\n2 Literature\n3 Science\n4 Social Sciences\n\n");
    scanf("%d", &templete);     
    printf("\nEnter the course name\n");
    gets(dummy);
    gets(course);
    printf("How are the slide numbers formatted?\n");
    printf("1) #.#.#- SLIDE #\n");
    printf("2) #.#.#- <Title>\n");
    scanf("%d", &format);
        
    //Here is where the image path is created.  More paths may be created
    char imaget2[210] = "../../LMS/Content/Sections/t2/images/";
    char imagesystem32[220] = "../../LMS/Content/Sections/system32/";
    
    if(folder == 1) 
            strcpy(path, imaget2);                  
    else if(folder == 2) 
            strcpy(path, imagesystem32);
    strcat(path, course);
 //   printf("\n\nCreate a new folder here: \"%s\"\n\nGive it the exact same name as the folder that was created when you saved the document as a webdoc.\n\nThis will be where you upload images; Do not rename them\n\n", &path);     
   // system("pause");
    
    
    //Here, we open up the template to be used
    if(templete==1) //Math
    ifp = fopen("Modified_MATH.txt", "r");
         
    else if(templete==2) //Literature
    ifp = fopen("Modified_LIT.txt", "r"); 

    else if(templete==3) //Science
    ifp = fopen("Modified_SCI.txt", "r");
         
    else if(templete==4) //Social Studies
    ifp = fopen("Modified_SS.txt", "r"); 
    
    //Scan the top part of the template
    strcpy(top[0], "test");
    i=0;
    while(strlen(top[i])!= 0){
          i++;
          fscanf(ifp, "%[^\n]%c", top[i], temp);
    }
    topnum = i;
    
    fscanf(ifp, "%c", temp);
    
    //And scan the bottom part of the template         
    strcpy(bottom[0], "spotholder");
    i=0;
    while(strlen(bottom[i])!= 1){
          i++;
          fscanf(ifp, "%[^\n]%c", bottom[i], temp);              
          strcat(bottom[i], " ");
    }     
    bottomnum = i;
         
    fclose(ifp);
       
    //for(i=1; i<topnum; i++)
    //printf("%s",top[i]);
    //system("pause");
    
    ifp = fopen("doc.txt", "r");
    
    
    //This loop goes through each slide:
    //It knows to go to the next slide when the delimeter is hit
    newslide = 0;
    while(newslide == 0){
    

          //This line is necessary to get into the while loop up ahead
          strcpy(temp,"tits");
          
          //Scan whole paragraph
          while(strlen(temp)!= 0){

                  memset( temp, '\0', 250 );           
                  
                   //Here, a line is scanned, and entered into temp, while the 
                  //dummy char eats the '\n'  
                  fscanf(ifp, "%[^\n]%c", temp, dummy);
                  
                  //Here is where each format
                  if(format==1){
                       if (line_search("SLIDE", temp, ' ')!=-1){
                          printf("\n\nSLIDE found!!!!!");
                          newslide = 1;
                       }
                       a = line_search("SLIDE", temp, ' ');
                       printf("%d=|%s|   %d",i,temp,a);
                  }
                  
          }
          fscanf(ifp, "%c", temp);
          printf("\nNew Paragraph");
          system("pause");
    }
    fclose(ifp);
    ifp = fopen("doc.txt", "r");




//THIS LINE RIGHT HERE GIVES ME THE ERROR MESSAGE
    a = slide(ifp, "SLIDE",' ');





    printf("a = %d",a);
    getchar();
    
    fclose(ifp);
    
    for(i=0;i<a;i++){
          for(j=0;j<80;j++){   
               printf("paragraph_list[%d][%d]=|%s|", i,j,paragraph_list[i][j]);
          }
          system("pause");
    }
    
}

//This function searches for a keyword in a line, if the keyword is found, it returns the
//position in the line array that the match was found, otherwise, it returns -1. 
//The "wild" character acts just like a blank tile in scrabble(for the keyword)
int line_search(char keyword[], char line[], char wild) {
    
    
    int i, j, key_length, line_length, k=0;
    key_length = strlen(keyword);
    line_length = strlen(line);
    
    for(i=0; i<=(line_length-key_length); i++){
         for(j=0; j<key_length; j++){
                if (line[i+j]==keyword[j]||wild==keyword[j]){
                    k++;
                    
                    printf("k=%d\n",k);
                }
                    
                else{
                    k=0;
                    break;
                }
         }
         if(k==key_length)
         return i;
    }
    printf("\n");
    return -1;
}


/*               This function filters out whatever string is put in as the char
                 array leave_out. 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 */
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
//Edit this
char *filter(char input[], char leave_out[]){

     int i, j, leave_out_length, input_length, k=0;
     leave_out_length = strlen(leave_out);
     input_length = strlen(input);
    
     for(i=0; i<=(input_length-leave_out_length); i++){
          for(j=0; j<leave_out_length; j++){
                 if (input[i+j]==leave_out[j]){
                     k++;
                    
                     printf("k=%d\n",k);
                 }
                    
                 else{
                     k=0;
                     break;
                 }
          }
          if(k==leave_out_length)
          return "i";
     }
     printf("\n");
     return "asd";
}




/*               This function gets every paragraph up to the on that has the 
                 predefined delimeter character or phrase. It returns a number
                 array with the 0th term being the number of paragraphs 
*/
int slide(FILE *ifp, char delimeter[], char wild){
     
     int newslide = 0, paragraph_number = 0, line_number, a;
     int i,j,k;
     
     for(i=0;i<50;i++){
          for(j=0;j<80;j++){
               memset(paragraph_list[i][j], '\0', 250 );

          }
    }
     
     //This loop grabs every paragraph until the new slide delimeter is found
     while(newslide == 0){
    
            //The very first line of each paragraph will have some string in it,
           //so the initial strlen(char** paragraph_list) will be non-zero, and
          //the while loop ahead will run
          strcpy(paragraph_list[paragraph_number][0], "tits");

          //Scan whole paragraph
          line_number=0;
          while(strlen(paragraph_list[paragraph_number][line_number])!= 0){
                 
                   //The line_number has to be incremented, because the lines in
                  //the paragraph will start at line_number 1            
                  line_number++;  
                  
                   //Here, a line is scanned, and entered into the 3d paragraph
                  //array, while the dummy char eats the '\n'
                  fscanf(ifp, "%[^\n]%c", paragraph_list[paragraph_number][line_number], dummy);  
                  printf("Paragraph%d,line%d(a=%d)=\n|%s|",paragraph_number, line_number, a, paragraph_list[paragraph_number][line_number]);
                  
                  if(format==1){
                       if (line_search(delimeter, paragraph_list[paragraph_number][line_number], wild)!=-1){
                          printf("SLIDE found\n\n");
                          newslide = 1;
                       }
                       a = line_search(delimeter, paragraph_list[paragraph_number][line_number], wild);
                  }
          }
          fscanf(ifp, "%c", dummy);
          paragraph_number++;
          printf("\nNew Paragraph");
          system("pause");
    }
    printf("out of the loop!");
    system("pause");
    return paragraph_number;
}

Thanks,
Matt

char slide[20] and int slide(FILE *ifp, char delimeter[], char wild);
are both defined to mean two different things...I'm guessing that slide[20] is hiding the function slide.

char slide[20] and int slide(FILE *ifp, char delimeter[], char wild);
are both defined to mean two different things...I'm guessing that slide[20] is hiding the function slide.

Thanks, I knew it was something easy like that:)

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