fscanf bug in TC (BC) C++ 2.0

[TROSTEL,JOHN M]

In article <1991Apr16.141117.5065 at odin.diku.dk> juul at diku.dk (Anders Juul Munch) writes:
>cn at allgfx.agi.oz (Con Neri) writes:
>
>>Hi netters,
>>	I havec been working with a friend developing some code using
>>Turbo C++ V1.5 but only writing in standard C. We have been getting an error
>>with a particular piece of code, namely
>
>>	fscanf(fp,"%f", &f);
>
>>	The runtime error is
>
>>	scanf: floating point formats not linked.
>>	Abnormal Program termination.
>
>>	Can some one shed some light on what this means? 
i have found the same problem.  The way I worked around it was to declare
a new float variable, say fl_var, and use it to read in my data. See old
and new code below:

OLD CODE:

...
float *f_ptr;
...
f_ptr = (float *)calloc(...);
...
fscanf(file,"%f",f_ptr);
...
      ^----- gives the run time error

NEW CODE:
...
float *f_ptr, new_var;
...
f_ptr=(float *)calloc(...);
...
fscanf(file,"%f",&new_var);
f_ptr[i] = new_var;    /* i'm inside a loop here */
....
       ^------ this code works!!??

Well, I can't figure it! Nothing else was changed in the program to
make it work.  That is it DIDN'T like the address sent to it with
using just 'f_ptr' but DID like the address it got with '&new_var'.

Anyone else figure this out more?  Anyone from Borland about to tell
us how to fix this?

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John M. Trostel   ( aka Kayak-Man )                  
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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