FILES (read & write)

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

I am traing to read and then to write.
I don't know why but I have to write before reading.

It doesn't work this way:

Code:

FILE *in, *out;
int i, max;
    in = fopen ("x.txt","rt");
    if (in == NULL)
       return 0;
    for (max = fgetc(in);!feof(in);max += fgetc(in) * i)
        i *= 10;
    fclose(in);

HELP plz \:

**Elysia** · 06-12-2008

"rt" should be "r". You should note that unless the file x.txt exists, then a call to fopen with trying to open a file for reading using "r" will fail.
Make sure the file exists first, then you can read first and write later.

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

humm I create the file manually before running the program..
Anyway how can I read the number from the file?
For example: 100
And why it's "r" and not "rt"?

**matsp** · 06-12-2008

Assuming we can expect the file to exist, you should use "r+" (the "t" in the mode would be a Microsoft extension, and it's default to be text anyways, so for compatibility, don't use it).

"r+" means that the file is read and write.

If you don't know if the file exists, but you still want to read from it (rather than just add to the end of it), you can use "a+". This sets the file-position to the end of the file, so you it needs to be combined with fseek() or rewind() to get to a different place than end-of-file.

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Mats

**Elysia** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by gavra

humm I create the file manually before running the program..

Well, then it's likely you specified incorrect path. Try an absolute path and see if that works.

Anyway how can I read the number from the file?
For example: 100

I assume you just wrote 100 into notepad and saved the file?
If so, then use fgets to read line and then strtod to convert into a integer (to store in an integer variable).

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

Ok, but if I want to create a file and the to read and maybe to write to what should I use?

**matsp** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by Elysia

Well, then it's likely you specified incorrect path. Try an absolute path and see if that works.

I assume you just wrote 100 into notepad and saved the file?
If so, then use fgets to read line and then strtod to convert into a integer (to store in an integer variable).

strtol is better than strtod if you want to convert integer values. strtod stands for "String to Double", strtol is "String To Long Integer".

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Mats

**matsp** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by gavra

Ok, but if I want to create a file and the to read and maybe to write to what should I use?

"a+" combined with fseek() or rewind() [rewind(file) is the same as fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET) - but I think some runtime libraries do not have rewind().]

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Mats

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by Elysia

Well, then it's likely you specified incorrect path. Try an absolute path and see if that works.

I assume you just wrote 100 into notepad and saved the file?
If so, then use fgets to read line and then strtod to convert into a integer (to store in an integer variable).

Ho that's waht I need.. to convert into integer.
Can you explain me about "strtod" plz?

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

Or you just explain me about the "strtod"..
And how do I check if any file is exist?

**Elysia** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by matsp

strtol is better than strtod if you want to convert integer values. strtod stands for "String to Double", strtol is "String To Long Integer".

Yes, of course, I tend to mix those two.

Originally Posted by gavra

Ho that's waht I need.. to convert into integer.
Can you explain me about "strtod" plz?

Code:

char mystr[] = "100";
long n = strtol(mystr, NULL, 10);

To check if a file exist, open file with fopen. If fopen returns NULL, then it doesn't exist or you don't have permission to access that file.

**matsp** · 06-12-2008

Originally Posted by gavra

Or you just explain me about the "strtod"..
And how do I check if any file is exist?

If you want to know if the file exists, try opening for reading first, if that's not working, then open for writing instead (check status of this as well, could be that you can't open/create files for some other reason, e.g. you haven't got sufficient rights, the disk is a CDROM, so you can't create files, etc, etc).

Alternativelys, if you use "a+", and use ftell() without fseek or rewind, if you get zero from ftell, then the file was just created (or at least, the file is empty - it could of course be an existing empty file, but for most intents and purposes, that's the same thing as no file).

strtol is what you want, since "max" is an integer, not a double.
http://www.hmug.org/man/3/strtol.php

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Mats

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

thx.
Problem..

Code:

    FILE *in, *out;
    char str[15];
    int max;
    in = fopen ("x.txt","t");
    if (in == NULL)
    {
       out = fopen("x.txt","w");
       fclose (out);
    }
    fgets (str,15,in);
    max = strtol (str,NULL,15);
    printf("&#37;d",max);
    fclose(in);

what now?

**matsp** · 06-12-2008

That looks about right, so what do you want it to do that it's not currently doing?

Edit: What I'm trying to say is that you haven't explained what your overall goal is with your program. So it's not very easy for us to say what you should or shouldn't do within your code...

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Mats

**gavra** · 06-12-2008

It gives me a "report".
I'll say what I am traing to do so we all understand each other better.
I wrote a game today (feed the snake) and I want to save records.
First of all I want to check if the score is bigger then the last record.
If so I want to change the record (and maybe add a name too).

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