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Mark Hayward wrote:

[A Massive cross-posting]
It is extremely rude to spew all over usenet just because you are too
lazy to find the right newsgroup.  Accepted usenet practice is
1) to lurk in a newsgroup for at least a week before posting
2) to read the FAQs for newsgroups before posting.
This vomiting at random over usenet indicates you have done neither.
I have set the followups to alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ only.

> 
> Hi,
> I'm learning C (Not C++ yet) and I'm having some trouble with a function.
> I'm using Borland Turbo C++ 4.5. Basically it's part of a database program
> which stores details about computers. The function  is meant to save each
> individual record as a seperate file called "rec[record number goes in
> here]". 

This must be one of the worst ideas I have ever seen for a database. 
Rethink how you might store your records in a single file.

>I found that I couldn't increment the number in the filename
> directly, by doing something similar to:
> for(y=0; y<ctr; y++)
> {
>     *filename="rec%d",y;
>     fopen(filename);
>     /*Save data operations here*/
> }

This is grossly illegal.  On the assumption that you have properly
declared filename and some fileptr, such as
    char filename[FILENAME_MAX];
    FILE *outfile;

and have #included <stdio.h>
   for (y = 0; y < ctr; y++)
   {
       sprintf(filename,"rec%d",y);
       if (!(outfile = fopen(filename,"w"))) 
       { /* hand open error */ }
       /* file operations */
       fclose(outfile);
    }

Please start your study by reading a decent text.  Programming is a
discipline in which guessing at the language is rarely rewarded.

> Please e-mail all replies.

This is extremely rude.  Because it is clear that you treat usenet as a
write-only medium and have no respect for anyone else, I have e-mailed
this, but mend your ways.  It is not in your interests to become known
as an anti-social moron.


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