Problem with Parsing Data

[zrepaer]

Hey i have written a program that is supposed to parse the ":" out of a data file and it compiles fine with no errors or anything but when it prints the output it is harshly incorrect so obviously i have the input from the file programed wrong or the parsing messed up any help would be appreciated!! Thanks.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "program8.h"

//structure declaration

int main()
{
PAINT mypaint[20];
char Input[100];
FILE* infile= fopen("paint.data","r");

if(!infile)
{
printf("Could not open file");
exit(1);
}

getData (mypaint, infile, Input);

printData (mypaint);

return 0;
}

void getData(PAINT* mypaint, FILE* infile,char* Input)
{
	int i;

fgets(Input, sizeof(Input), infile);
for(i = 0; i < 5; i++)	
	{ 
	sscanf(Input, "%s[^:] %c[^:] %d[^:] %f", mypaint[i].color, &mypaint[i].size, &mypaint[i].qty, &mypaint[i].price);
	}

return;
}

void printData (PAINT* mypaint)
{
	int i;
	
	for (i=0; i<4; i++)
	{
	 printf("%s %c %d %f \n\n", mypaint[i].color, mypaint[i].size, mypaint[i].qty, mypaint[i].price);
}
return;
}

[itCbitC]

that's because the corresponding argument to the scanset, [], is of type array of char

[matsp]

that's because the corresponding argument to the scanset, [], is of type array of char

Or rather, that each scanset needs to be preceded by % AND matched with the address of the first element of a char array like %s. You don't use "%s[^:]", but "%[^:]" INSTEAD of "%s". For the other fields, where you have numbers and chars, you can actually use a straight formatting string, "%d:" will read an integer, and then look for accept a colon.

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Mats