HS> CARP.C
HS> ----------------------------------------------
HS> #include 
HS> #include 
HS> #include 
HS> char *text;
HS> int main()
HS> {
HS>    FILE *fp = fopen("CARP.C", "r+");
HS>    fgets(text, 100, fp);
HS>    return 0;
HS> }
HS> // this fails to run.
HS> // If i declare `text' inside main() it does work.
HS> // why does this happen?
HS> // Is there something about globally declared pointer
HS> // that make them function differently from internally
HS> // declared pointers?
   I can't find any reference to it in the standard, which does
   does not mean it does not exist, given my limited talent for
   research, but it would seem that your global variables are
   given static duration and thus static initialization to zero,
   which may prevent your code from operating since it can now
   realize that text is a NULL pointer, with no memory having
   been allocated to it prior to usage. In a Borland app, with
   all the warnings turned on, you would get a warning about a
   possible use before assignment, of the pointer, text.
text = malloc(100);
   Adding the above line prior to the fgets() statement should
   make everything OK again.

> ] I am Elvis of Borg. Thank you... Thank you very much........

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