Ja> HELP!
 Ja> i save it   fprintf("fptr, %d", total);
 Ja> i tried but it reads the contents of the file as a string!?
 Ja> and i cant add # to a string. Is there a way to convert a string ->
 Ja> int? 
 Ja> or read a file as int?
Well, yes, you could do
char szStringVariable [256];
int nIntVariable;
   fgets (szStringVariable, 256, fptr);
   nIntVariable = atoi (szStringVariable);
But, like I said before, check out "fread()" and "fwrite()"..
Take care,
Anthony Tibbs
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