Unwanted character being added to string in C

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Published on 2012-10-15T22:57:57Z Indexed on 2012/10/15 23:01 UTC
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I have a program that gives you shipping addresses from an input file. However at the beginning of one of the strings, order.add_one, a number is being added to the beginning of the string, that number is equivalent to the variable "choice" every time. Why is it doing this?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>

//structure
typedef struct
{char cust_name[25];
 char cust_id[3];
 char add_one[30];
 char add_two[30];
 char bike;
 char risky;
 int number_ordered;
 char cust_information[500];
 }ORDER;

 ORDER order;

int main(void){
fflush(stdin);
system ( "clear" );

 //initialize variables
 float price;
 float m = 359.95;
 float s = 279.95;

    //while loop, runs until user declares they no longer wish to input orders
    while (1==1){
    printf("Options: \nEnter Customer information manually : 1 \nSearch Customer by ID(input.txt reader) : 2 \n");
    int option = 0;
    scanf(" %d", &option);

   if (option == 1){
    //Print and scan statements 
    printf("Enter Customer Information\n");
    printf("Customer Name: ");
        scanf(" %[^\n]s", &order.cust_name);

    printf("\nEnter Address Line One: ");
        scanf(" %[^\n]s", &order.add_one);

    printf("\nEnter Addres Line Two: ");
        scanf(" %[^\n]s", &order.add_two);

    printf("\nHow Many Bicycles Are Ordered: ");
        scanf(" %d", &order.number_ordered);

    printf("\nWhat Type Of Bike Is Ordered\n  M Mountain Bike \n  S Street Bike");
   printf("\nChoose One (M or S): ");
       scanf(" %c", &order.bike);

    printf("\nIs The Customer Risky (Y/N): ");
        scanf(" %c", &order.risky);

    system ( "clear" );
    }

    if (option == 2){

        FILE *fpt;
        fpt = fopen("input.txt", "r");

            if (fpt==NULL){
                printf("Text file did not open\n");
                return 1;
                }

                printf("Enter Customer ID: ");
                scanf("%s", &order.cust_id);

                char choice;
                choice = order.cust_id[0];

                char x[3];
                int w, u, y, z;  
                char a[10], b[10], c[10], d[10], e[20], f[10], g[10], i[1], j[1];
                int h;
                printf("%s value of c", c);

                if (choice >='1'){
            while  ((w = fgetc(fpt)) != '\n' ){
            }
            }
                if (choice >='2'){
                while  ((u = fgetc(fpt)) != '\n' ){
                }
                }
                if (choice >='3'){
                while  ((y = fgetc(fpt)) != '\n' ){
                }
                }
                if (choice >= '4'){
                while  ((z = fgetc(fpt)) != '\n' ){
                }
                }
                printf("\n");
                fscanf(fpt, "%s", x);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", a);
                    printf("%s", a);
                    strcat(order.cust_name, a);

                    fscanf(fpt, " %s", b);
                    printf(" %s", b);
                    strcat(order.cust_name, " ");
                   strcat(order.cust_name, b);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", c);
                    printf(" %s", c);
                    strcat(order.add_one, "\0");
                    strcat(order.add_one, c);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", d);
                    printf(" %s", d);
                    strcat(order.add_one, " ");
                    strcat(order.add_one, d);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", e);
                    printf(" %s", e);
                    strcat(order.add_two, e);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", f);
                    printf(" %s", f);
                    strcat(order.add_two, " ");
                    strcat(order.add_two, f);

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", g);
                    printf(" %s", g);
                    strcat(order.add_two, " ");
                    strcat(order.add_two, g);
                    strcat(order.add_two, "\0");

                    fscanf(fpt, "%d", &h);
                    printf(" %d", h);
                    order.number_ordered = h;

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", i);
                    printf(" %s", i);
                    order.bike = i[0];

                    fscanf(fpt, "%s", j);
                    printf(" %s", j);   
                   order.risky = j[0];
                  fclose(fpt);

                  printf("%s %s %s %d %c %c", order.cust_name, order.add_one, order.add_two, order.number_ordered, order.bike, order.risky);
            }

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