Discussion Overview
The discussion focuses on how to create, open, and write an array to a text file in the C programming language. It includes considerations for file handling on different operating systems, specifically Ubuntu and Windows.
Discussion Character
- Technical explanation, Homework-related
Main Points Raised
- One participant asks about the process of creating, opening, and writing an array to a text file in C, specifically mentioning an array named EeV[i] and inquiring about differences between Ubuntu and Windows.
- Another participant suggests using fopen() to open the file and fwrite() to write the data, noting that on Windows, a 'b' must be added to the fopen() call to specify binary mode.
- A third participant references a Wikipedia page as a good tutorial on C File I/O and mentions that a Google search yields many results on the topic.
- Another participant proposes creating a memory block that contains all the data along with the file header, suggesting this as a method to write the entire block to the hard drive.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants present various methods and considerations for writing an array to a file, but there is no consensus on a single approach or resolution of the initial question.
Contextual Notes
There may be limitations regarding the specifics of the array data type, the structure of the file header, and the handling of different operating systems that are not fully addressed in the discussion.