[jose_peeterson]

dear all,
i have used the trial and error method to solve the above problem. the code below works just as i expected.however i did am not writing to any file in this program. maybe i will try that later.
for now it works when the program is running.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE ABOVE DID NOT WORK. i have put the SCANF(); before the fgets(); and it magically worked. can anyone please tell me why the above did now work but the following did. THANKS A LOT.

please just run this code.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>
#include<iostream.h>
#include<string.h>

struct appointments 
{
 char desc[100];                    
 int start_h;
 int dur;
};

void show(struct appointments appo[24]);
int add(struct appointments appo[24],char desc[100],int start_h,int dur);
void del(struct appointments appo[24],int start_h,int dur);

int main()
{
         
 char desc[100];
 int start_h,dur,clash,op;
  
  struct appointments appo[24] = {{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0},{"FREE",0,0}};
  //memset(&appo[0],0,24*sizeof(struct appointments));
  
  printf("\n\t\t\tSCHEDULER program.\n\n");
  printf("THIS is a SIMPLE digital scheduler. The three parameters that can be input are\n");
  printf("a ONE Line description, WHOLE NUMBER start time(in railway hours ONLY) and\n");
  printf("Duration(in 1 <= hours <= 23 ONLY).\n\n\n");
  
  while(1)
  {
   printf("\nSHOW - 1,ADD - 2,DEL - 3 appointments, QUIT - 4\n");
   scanf("%d",&op);
    
   if(op == 1)
    {
     printf("\n\n\t\tIf appointments NOT shown then it is FREE to use.\n\n\n"); 
     show(appo);
    } 
   if(op == 2) 
    {
     printf("\nENTER start time, duration and descrption.\n");
     
    scanf("%d",&start_h);
    
     scanf("%d",&dur);
     
     if(dur == 0)
      {
       printf("\n\n\t\tWARNING : UNABLE to add, Duration must be > 0\n\n");
       continue;
      }
     fflush(stdin); 
     fgets(desc,100,stdin);
     clash = add(appo,desc,start_h,dur);
     
     if(clash == 1)
      {
       printf("\n\n\t\tWARNING : UNABLE to add due to CLASHES\n\n");
      }
     else
      {
       printf("\n\n\t\tSUCCESSFULLY added to schedule\n\n");
      } 
    }
   if(op == 3)
    {
     printf("\n\tWARNING : Enter the Start time and Duration to DELETE appointments\n");
     scanf("%d%d",&start_h,&dur); 
     del(appo,start_h,dur); 
    }
    
   if(op == 4) 
    {
     return 0;
    }
  }
  
system("pause > null");
return 0;
}


void show(struct appointments appo[24])
{
 int i=0;
 
 while(i<24) 
  {
   if(strcmp((appo[i].desc),"FREE"))
    {
     printf("\t\tDescription : %s\n",(appo[i].desc));
     printf("\t\tStart Time  : %d\n",(appo[i].start_h));
     printf("\t\tDuration    : %d\n\n",(appo[i].dur)); 
    }  
   i++;
  }                
return;                 
}

int add(struct appointments appo[24],char desc[100],int start_h,int dur)
{
 int var = start_h + 1;
 int d = dur - 1;
 
 if(!strcmp((appo[start_h].desc),"FREE"))
  {
   strcpy((appo[start_h].desc),desc);
   (appo[start_h].start_h) = start_h;
   (appo[start_h].dur) = dur;
   
   while(var < (start_h + dur))
   {
    strcpy((appo[var].desc),desc);
    (appo[var].start_h) = var;
    (appo[var].dur) = d;  
    var++;
    d--;
   }
   return 0; 
  }
 else
  return 1;
}

void del(struct appointments appo[24],int start_h,int dur)
{
 int var = start_h;
 
 while(var < (start_h + dur))
 {               
  if(strcmp((appo[var].desc),"FREE"))
   {
    strcpy((appo[var].desc),"FREE");
    (appo[var].start_h) = 0;
    (appo[var].dur) = 0;
   }
  var++; 
 }
 printf("\n\n\t\tSuccessfully DELETED, now Free to use.\n\n");

return;
}