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Theo, There is no bug in the while loop (apart from the last printf when n==0). Struct record *array is treated in the program as an array of record structs. Therefore array[n].name is the correct notation to use. Henry's code works fine if you compile it, as long as you keep the size of the malloc below 32768. If I remember correctly, the malloc function takes a signed int as its argument, so his compiler must be taking 33300, treating it as a signed int (ie -32236), and then allocating a memory area of 32236 bytes. This would account for the last few values being corrupted, and causing the crashes that he complained of a few days ago. The solution is either to have a smaller array, or to allocate the memory as part of the program with struct record array[892]; The rest of the program can remain unchanged. Mal Binary Dreams