Using Text Files and Functions

[Programmer3922]

Here is my situation:
I have a text file with one line that contains:
1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10

Now I have a function that deals with each number separately. So I have myFunctionOne that deals with the number 1, I have myFunctionTwo that deals with the number 2, etc. I send in my text file to each function, and the function pulls out the specific number.

Am I allowed to call my functions as follows:

FILE *file

file = fopen("MyTextFile.txt","r");
myFunctionOne(file);
myFunctionTwo(file);
myFunctionThree(file);
fclose(file);

Can I just open the file, send it to all my functions, then close the file, or do I have to close the file and reopen it after every function call?

[tabstop]

You don't have to close the file, but you probably need to rewind it, depending on how your functions are set up. (Rewinding sets the file pointer back to the beginning of the file.)

I have no idea what you're doing here; however, if you only have one line of text, why not write one function that reads them all in, into an array or a struct or something, and then you can refer to that array or struct or something, rather than always going back to the text file?

[rasta_freak]

Funny situation. But if your functions are reading file byte by byte, and stop on ';' byte, then rewind (fseek()) won't be necessary. But you have to be careful if one or more numbers are missing in file, or some "alien" characters appear...

[Adak]

Wouldn't it be simpler to do something like this:

while (you have not reached the eof of the file)
   read the next number
   switch(number)  {
       case 1: your #1 logic, here; or call your function 1; break;
       case 2;   "     #2   same for #2; break;

   }//end of switch 
   read the semi-colon, if you haven't reached the end of the file, yet.
}//end of while