I think there are errors in the C intermidiate coarse

Question

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/courses/c-intermediate/tiy/974156312?returnUrl=/learn/courses/c-intermediate/lesson/962866126?p=3

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Working With Files
one of several errors
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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
FILE *fptr;
int c, stock;
char buffer[200], item[10];
float price;

/* myfile.txt: Inventory\n100 Widget 0.29\nEnd of List */

fptr = fopen("myfile.txt", "r");

fgets(buffer, 20, fptr); /* read a line */
printf("%s\n", buffer);

fscanf(fptr, "%d%s%f", &stock, item, &price); /* read data */
printf("%d %s %4.2f\n", stock, item, price);

while ((c = getc(fptr)) != EOF) /* read the rest of the file */
printf("%c", c);

fclose(fptr);
return 0;
}

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timeout: the monitored command dumped core
./Playground/runner.sh: line 110: 12 Segmentation fault timeout "$runtime" "$output" - < "/usercode/inputFile"

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Rick Shiffman then wait for their reply

Answer 5

You're right, inside the fscanf() function it should be "&item", not "item". This is what gives the segmentation failure.

Answer 6

The funny thing is that the _old_ C course has exactly the same code with this error. :)

Answer 7

The point I was realy making was this code was an exmple given in the lesson. It makes sense that &item would solve the problem

Although item is a string and doesn't item point to the 1st character? Without the need for the &