arrays - Read from a file and tokenise input C -

i'm having trouble piece of coding i'm working on. involves linked lists , annoying pointers. here sample code:

persontype *person; file *c; c = fopen("file.csv", "r"); char in[100]; fgets(in, 80, c); //edited  root->head->next = 0; char *getnum = strtok(in, ";"); char *getname = strtok(null, ";"); char *gethome = strtok(null, ";"); strcpy(root->head->getnum, getnum); strcpy(root->head->getname, getname); strcpy(root->head->gethome, gethome); person = root->head; if(person != 0){     while(person->next != 0){         person=person->next;     } } //degug printf("successfully made person node"); 

the code won't read file , stumped why. in xcode debugger/tracer initializes chars nil. can please point me in right direction?

thanks.

example file

p1;elyza;45 random rd p2;ian;78 shark cl 

c = fopen("file.csv", "r"); char in[100]; fgets(in, 80, cin); 

you meant

c = fopen("file.csv", "r"); char in[100]; fgets(in, 80, c);  // <--- 

also make sure check return value fopen() handle case file not found.