Reading files using Fgets, strange errors on compile.

Hi all,

I am trying to write a program to open a file, read the file line by line, and display the contents after the = sign on screen.

I am having problems, however, here is the code I am using:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <strings.h>

main()

{
char word[50];
char *pntr

/* Get pointer */
FILE *input_file_pointer;

/* Open file */
input_file_pointer = fopen("clist.cfg","r");

/* if file is not present then stop */
if (input_file_pointer == NULL)
{
printf("Fail\n");
return 0;

}
else
/* read in line by line and print on screen what is after the = sign */
while (fgets(word, 50, input_file_pointer) != EOF)
{
pntr = strchr(word, '=');
pntr++;
printf("%s", pntr);
}
fclose(input_file_pointer);
}

when I compile the program I get these errors:

syntax error before 'FILE'
new.c:14 'input_file_pointer' undeclared (first use in this function)
new.c:25 warning:comparison between pointer and integer
new.c:27 'pntr' undeclared (first use in this function)

Now I can open the file, and close the file. Somehow adding the while loop with fgets messes things up a little, its prolly quite easy but its starting to bug the hell outta me.

Any help is greatly appreciated guys.

> char *pntr

You need to add a semi-colon to the end of that line. The clue is here:

> syntax error before 'FILE'


> #include <strings.h>

shouldn't this be <string.h>?

Ok thanks for that, those were silly little things as I thought.

Reword but still get some problems when compiling, these are two warnings. Anyone care to explain:

new.c
new.c(25) : warning C4047: '!=' : 'char *' differs in levels of indirection from
'const int '
new.c(32) : warning C4715: 'main' : not all control paths return a value

oh and I get an error when running this. Think its something to do with when I reach the end of the file.

using visual studio cl compiler this time for quickness, last time I used cc.