Problems while reading arguments

I´m now working on a new project :D
I´m having a problem,though:
The program receives commands similar to assembly commands
PUSH,POP,MUL and so on.The problem is ,sometimes there´s the command PUSH <number>,where number is an int,but other times i have PUSH <var>,where var is a char *.These commands are written in a file. I´m using fscanf to read the commands.An input file would be like this:
PUSH 1
PUSH 2
MUL
POP abc
PUSH abc
...
But when i´m reading the commands,i dont know if the argument will be an int or a char*.And,according to the type of argument,i have to call different functions.How can i solve this?

If you can convert it to a number, then it's a number, else its a string. Do that conversion test, and then branch accordingly.

this may not be the smartest way, but it will work
I would guess that a variable will never start with a number,
so just test to see if the first part of the variable is a number and if it is convert it to a int, using atoi().

basicly

Code:

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if((strncmp(var,"1",1) == 0) || (strncmp(var,"2",1) == 0) ||... (strncmp(var,"9",1) == 0)){
number = atoi(var);
}

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well you get the idea

ok,but how do i read and declare it?
char argument[20];
fscanf(file,"%s",argument)?
and then use that atoi thing?

you could declare it like
char argument[20]
then you could break up the argument string into two strings using strtok() or index(), check the man pages for more info on those. I try not to use scanf or fscanf, are you reading from a file?
If so try using fgets to read from stdin.

You're overcomplicating this.
According to what you have here, you will never have just a number on a line. As such, read until you hit a space. That is your command. If it is a command that takes more than one argument, read until you hit some more whitespace. That's your second command.

Simplifying even more, read an entire line at once. Then apply the above logic.

Quzah.

Ok,here´s what i have done so far:

Code:

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int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
        FILE *fp;
        char comando[20];
        char argumento[20];
        int arg_numerico;
        fp=fopen(argv[1],"r");
        if(fp==NULL)
        {
                printf("Impossivel abrir o ficheiro %s\n", argv[1]);
        }
        else
        {
        while((fscanf(fp,"%s %s",comando,argumento))!=EOF)
        {
                if(analisa(argumento))
                {
                        if(comando=="POP")
                        pop(&l,argumento);
                        else push(&l,valor_da_var(&v, argumento));
                }
                else
                {
                        arg_numerico=atoi(argumento);
                        executa_comando(comando,arg_numerico);
                }
               
        }
        }
        return 0;
}

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So,the function analisa tells me if its a number of not,and does the atoi thing.The function executa comando calls all the other functions,push,pop,mul and so on.The problem is when i have a line like this:
PUSH 34
It gets 2 arguments,comando and argument.
But if i have
MUL
ADD
it also gets 2 arguments,and it should only catch mul,whihc is the command(in this case,it would consider add as an argument for mul)The problem is that i´m "fetching" 2 strings,but sometimes,when the commands dont have any arguments,i want to catch only one.Can someone help me with this?