error:expected ':', ',' or')' before '.' token

Question

I get the error error:expected ':', ',' or')' before '.' token in the following code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<sys/stat.h>
#include<fcntl.h>

void filecopy(FILE*,FILE*);

int main()
{
    FILE*fpin,*fpout;

    fpin = fopen("file_a.dat", "r");//
    fpout = fopen("file_b.dat", "w");
    filecopy(fpin, fpout);
    fclose ( fpin );
    fclose  ( fpout );

}

void filecopy(FILE*fpin.FILE*fpout)//(FILE*fpin,FILE*fpout)
{
    char ch;

    ch = getc (fpin);

    while (!feof(fpin));//delete the ';'
    {
        putc (ch,fpout);
        ch = getc (fpin);
    }
}

PS:Again,I'm sorry for my hasty and meaningless question.It was blame for my careless coding habit ,and don't think it over.I'll pay attention to asking question on stackoverflow.But I stil want to say thanks to the people who had answered and commented.

The `while`-loop on line 25 is followed by semi-colon, which is not what you want. Also you should make `main()` return void or return a value :) — Morten Jensen, Feb 13 '17 at 14:00
[Why is “while ( !feof (file) )” always wrong?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5431941/why-is-while-feof-file-always-wrong) And take a closer look to line 19 ... — pzaenger, Feb 13 '17 at 14:01
Why are you down voting? It's clearly not off-topic and it's pretty clear what's being asked. — fpg1503, Feb 13 '17 at 14:11
I'm so sorry for my mistake.I'll learn how to paste code and correct it next time — Ghoster, Feb 13 '17 at 14:12
@刘歆佳 if your problem is solved, you can accept the answer that helped you so that the question appears as resolved. — Marievi, Feb 13 '17 at 14:14
@fpg1503,I originally thought it's a symbol of my collection.Sorry. — Ghoster, Feb 13 '17 at 15:03
@DavidBowling my bad, auto correct changed it. thanks for fixing it. — fpg1503, Feb 13 '17 at 15:33

Marievi · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-14T07:24:59.300

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Two mistakes :

1. Replace line :

while (!feof(fpin));

with :

while (!feof(fpin))       //without semicolon (;)

2. Replace line :

void filecopy(FILE *fpin.FILE *fpout);

with :

void filecopy(FILE *fpin, FILE *fpout)

edited Feb 14 '17 at 07:24

answered Feb 13 '17 at 13:58

Marievi

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Thank you for your answer sincerelly. – Ghoster Feb 13 '17 at 14:39
@刘歆佳 I am glad that I helped. – Marievi Feb 13 '17 at 14:40
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`void filecopy(FILE *fpin, FILE *fpout);` ← semicolon should be removed – Spikatrix Feb 13 '17 at 15:03
Why?It's a declaration that shold be end up with semicolon. – Ghoster Feb 13 '17 at 16:39

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '17 at 13:59

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In line 19 you have separated function arguments with dot instead of comma.

answered Feb 13 '17 at 13:59

lukeg

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error:expected ':', ',' or')' before '.' token

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