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From: Lawrence Kirby <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: file open ??
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 96 00:59:25 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] "Martin Bilstra" writes:

>Hello everyone,
>
>I'm having the following problem :
>
>In a program I'm using some extern variables. After calling an other function
> those variables are
>getting there values, after this the function returns back to the main program
> with the related
>value. In the main program the extern variables now have a value where I work
> with, but then I
>get a problem. After returning from the function, I open a file but then the
> values belonging to
>the extern variables are gone (there value is nothing).

You've done somethe badly wrong somewhere since opening a file cannot affect
your global variables in a well-defined program.

>My own solution was the following :
>I open the file before I call the function and I close the file after I stored
> the variables. But
>I'm not convinced that's the real solution to the problem, because in other
> programs I do the
>same and then things are going well.
>
>Can someone help me ?

Not without more to go on. There is a bug in your code somewhere but inless
you actually show us your code it is impossible to tell where.

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