test

assignment.c

@@ -1,26 +1,11 @@
 #include <stdio.h>    // For input and output operations
 #include <stdlib.h>   // For memory allocation and other utilities
-#include <time.h>     // For seeding the random number generator with current time
+#include <time.h>     // For random number generation
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    // Seed the random number generator with the current time
-    srand(time(NULL));
-
     // Validate the number of arguments provided
-    if (argc == 1) {
-        // No arguments provided
-        printf("Incorrect usage. You provided 0 arguments. The correct number of arguments is 2");
-        fflush(stdout); // Ensure the output is flushed
-        return 1;
-    } else if (argc == 2) {
-        // Only one argument provided
-        printf("Incorrect usage. You provided 1 arguments. The correct number of arguments is 2");
-        fflush(stdout); // Ensure the output is flushed
-        return 1;
-    } else if (argc > 3) {
-        // More than two arguments provided
-        printf("Incorrect usage. You provided %d arguments. The correct number of arguments is 2", argc - 1);
-        fflush(stdout); // Ensure the output is flushed
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        printf("Incorrect usage. You provided %d arguments. The correct number of arguments is 2\n", argc - 1);
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -29,11 +14,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     int cols = atoi(argv[2]);
 
     if (rows <= 0 || cols <= 0) {
-        printf("Incorrect usage. The parameters you provided are not positive integers");
-        fflush(stdout); // Ensure the output is flushed
+        printf("Incorrect usage. The parameters you provided are not positive integers\n");
         return 1;
     }
 
+    // Seed the random number generator with the current time
+    srand(time(NULL));
+
     // Dynamically allocate memory for the matrix
     int **matrix = malloc(rows * sizeof(int *));
     if (matrix == NULL) {
@@ -83,6 +70,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             fprintf(file, "\n"); // Newline between rows
         }
     }
+
     fclose(file);
 
     // Free allocated memory
@@ -93,6 +81,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     // Confirm successful matrix generation
     printf("Matrix of size %d x %d was successfully written to 'matrix.txt'.\n", rows, cols);
-    fflush(stdout); // Ensure the output is flushed
     return 0;
 }