Segmentation Error

[badkaykay]

I am getting this as an error message:

Please enter file name:
file.txt
File is open.
Number of Vowel: 30
Number of Consonants: 1003
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

What does this mean? I have not seen it before.

[Athar]

This happens when you're trying to access memory that you shouldn't be accessing.

[badkaykay]

Oh - how do I fix it? Suggestions?

[Aceix]

Then show us your code please...

[zb0S216C]

airpan wrote:

"Oh - how do I fix it? Suggestions?"

Use a standard container, check for null before dereferencing, don't return references or pointers to local storage, and check the index to see if it's within range (if you're using arrays).

_Wazzak