How to use the data obtain in one C file to another C file?

[tommy_chai]

Hi guys,
First, I detect coordinates for left and right corners of a mouth in Corners.c and saved in struct Coordinate for 72 images.
How can I able to link it to another C file, let's say try5.c so that it can be used for template matching purpose when i execute 72 images in a loop in try5.c?
Sorry because I cannot provide the full program because it is a way too long to read. These are the parts which i think very important in order to solve the problem. Help from anyone will be appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Corners.c
struct Coordinate
{
	int x;
	int y;
};
susan_corners(in,r,bp,max_no,corner_list,x_size,y_size){
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struct Coordinate left_corner, right_corner;
}

try5.c
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#define NUM 72
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main()
{
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if((fp33 = fopen("facecolor_input.dat","r")) == NULL){
		printf("File input filename2  can not open\n");
		exit(1);
	}
	for(k=0;k<NUM;k++){
		fscanf(fp33,"%s",filename33[k]);
	}
	fclose(fp33);
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for(total = 0; total<NUM; total ++){    
	
		printf("\nimage==>%d\n",(total+1));

/** read the color data from the file of input face image **/
		read_data_color(filename33[total],inpcolor);
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/*     Template Matching   */
//example for eye template matching
             XX1=56;   // Left X coordinate for eye template
	YY1=44;
	XX2=164; //right X coordinate for eye template
	YY2=44;
// plf_x, plf_y, prg_x, prg_y are the left and right x & y coordinates from the full input image which has been obtained in Corners.c
	affine_recog_a(plf_x, plf_y, prg_x, prg_y, XX1, YY1, XX2, YY2);
	cross_correlation_recog_a(TEMPLATE_a, image_out_a, &CC1[0]);
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}

Best regards,
Tommy

[Elysia]

Maybe this will be of use:
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284392
It's for C++, but the same principles applies for C.

[tommy_chai]

Thank you very much. i will read and try to understand. Hope I can ngain some help from this forum in future because i am a beginner in C.

[tommy_chai]

Any idea in how to save the struct data in header file in a C file before being reused for another C file?

Thank you.

[MacGyver]

Any idea in how to save the struct data in header file in a C file before being reused for another C file?

No idea what you're asking.

[zacs7]

My idea is similar to MacGyver's, but I'll have a punt,

You want to share the same struct data between C files via headers?

[Elysia]

Define the struct in a header file and include it in the appropriate c files. You can check the FAQ for more information on sharing data between files. It's written for C++, though, but it works just as well for C.

[ZuK]

You want to share the same struct data between C files via headers?

Yeah, that might be the question. If it is - extern might be the solution.
Kurt

[Elysia]

Share the variable or share the actual struct definition?
If you share the struct definition, all you need to do is define it in a header and include that.
If you want to share a variable between c files, then you need to define it in one file and add "extern" before it in a header and include that.

[tommy_chai]

Sorry to cause such confusion. Actually, i want to share the same data in two C files. I am using Visual C++ platform. Now i have manually typed down those values and saved in .h file. In another C file, i include the header file and reuse the data, it works.
The problem is how can I save the data into a header file by C codings automatically? In this case, i need to save the data from a struct. How should i write the codes?
Another case, if the data is just a Double/Float value, how to write it into a text file or header file?

Thanks for the replies. I really need help.

[tabstop]

You can use fwrite to write memory directly to a file in binary format (so for instance you could write out one struct at a time, directly as it's stored internally), and then use fread to read it back in.

If you want something "human readable" then there's fputs/fprintf and fgets/fscanf.

[anon]

Well, obviously your source files contain functions. And the obvious way to make data accessible between functions is to use function arguments and pass the struct (or the address of the struct).

I like esbo's universal solution to any problem too

[laserlight]

Note: esbo's "solution" as mentioned by anon and Elysia's reply have been deleted from this thread.

[esbo]

Note: esbo's "solution" as mentioned by anon and Elysia's reply have been deleted from this thread.

I note you were unable to supply a reason.


Seems like censorship to me.

Did you ask the origanal poster if they would like responses censored?

No I guess not.

I guess you know everything and are faultless.

Well there is your first fault.

[Elysia]

I think it is because you spam your stupid code everywhere and everyone complains on it and you do nothing to fix it, unlike others who actually admits their faults and try to correct their code.
Your code is so poor in our eyes that you actually do more harm than good teaching it to newbies.

I really don't mind my reply was deletes as long as I don't have to see your code in the thread, so that I don't have to go out of the way to tell everyone, or at the very least, the OP, that they should ignore your code because it's so poorly written.