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reading from a file using a function

micker2g (4)
Hello everyone!
I have a school project Im having issues with, well just one part rather. Here is my code im trying to implement as a function that reads a company address from a file: (this code is functional:) 
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef char STR30[30]; // programmer defined data type
typedef STR30 STR30Address[3]; // another pddt ...
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
        STR30Address info;
        FILE * checkInFile;     
        int i;                  
        checkInFile = fopen("./CompanyInfo.dat","rt");
        if (checkInFile == NULL)                        
        {
          printf("  Can't open check descriptions file ...\n");
          while (getchar() != '\n');
          exit(-300); // reqs <stdlib.h>
        }
	for(i=0; i < 3; i++)
        {
        fgets(info[i],80,checkInFile); //read max 80 bytes from current rec.
         info[i][strlen(info[i])-1] = 0; // replace /n with /o terminator
        }
	fclose(checkInFile);
        for(i=0; i < 3; i++)
          printf("   %-30s\n",info[i]);
        fflush(stdin),getchar();
        return 0;
}


And this is my attempt at the function with the variable info[3][30] passed by reference (not working right):
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef char STR30[30]; // programmer defined data type
typedef STR30 STR30Address[3]; // another pddt ...
using namespace std;
void getCompanyInfo(STR30Address *info);
int main(void)
{
        STR30Address info;;
        getCompanyInfo(&info);
        for(int i=0; i < 3; i++)
          printf("   %-30s\n",info[i]);
        fflush(stdin),getchar();
        return 0;
}
void getCompanyInfo(STR30Address *info)
{

        FILE * checkInFile;
        int i;                  //loop counter
        checkInFile = fopen("./CompanyInfo.dat","rt");
        if (checkInFile == NULL)
        {
          printf("  Can't open check descriptions file ...\n");
          while (getchar() != '\n');
          exit(-300); // reqs <stdlib.h>
        }
	for(i=0; i < 3; i++)
        {
        fgets(*info[i],35,checkInFile); //read max 35 bytes from current rec.
         *info[i][strlen(*info[i])-1] = 0; // replace /n with /o terminator
        }
	fclose(checkInFile);
}


Its giving me this output:
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Sabre Corporation
            
   Uҋ                           
   ?I?Ȉ                     

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

It should be a 3 line address.

Any Help would be greatly appreciated!
SamuelAdams (1535)
Won't run for me, seems to die here: for(i=0; i < 3; i++)
cire (8284)
info is not an array, so you should stop treating it like it is one. (And this is not passing by reference -- passing by reference would use a... reference. This is passing a pointer by value.)

*info[i] is equivalent to *(info[i]) and what you need for this to work is: (*info)[i]
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