read string with fgets followed by another string needed to read

Hey guys, another question that someone might know. I have to read a line containing three string sets needed for data of my program. However, the different strings are seperated by different amounts of whitespaces /tabs and the middle string can actually consist of several "strings" as it is the boat name. I have no idea how to go about it, as I keep thinking that if I use fgets() and find the first string, I d loose the seconds string. --> since i dont know how many whitespaces are leading the first string and cant therefore set the chars to read for a particular purpose.
Any help is really appreciated.
Cheers,
Johannes.

Attached is a sample file we were given for the assignment.

Cheers.

Try something like this...

Code:

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int main()
{
  char inputString[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
  char stringOne[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
  char stringTwo[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
  char stringThree[MAX_STRING_SIZE];

  /* read long string from file into inputString[] */

  /* search forward for start of first word (first non-white space) */

  /* search forward for end of first word (next white space) */

  /* copy data between the two points into stringOne */

  /* search back for end of 3rd word (last non-white space) */

  /* search back for start of 3rd word (next white space) */

  /* copy data between two points into stringThree */

  /* stringTwo lies between endStringOne and startStringThree */
  /* minus the white space - find start and end */

  /* copy data between two points into stringTwo */

  return 0;
}

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I'll leave you to fill in the gaps ;)