Let's say I have a file column that looks like this:
Line# Value
1 6
2 6
3 6
4 6
5 6
6 8
If there are three or more of the same values in a row, start by replacing the second to first value with a number (say '0') and continue to do this to the numbers until a different value is found. The desired result would look like this:
Line# Value
1 6
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 8
I'm using fscanf to read my file.
Thanks!
I don't see a question.
Mainframe assembler programmer by trade. C coder when I can.
-sorry. The question is, how would I do this.
Nobody here will help you until you show that you at least tried. Start by working through the logic on paper, and see what you come up with.
... do you mean column?If there are three or more of the same values in a row
Judging by your other posts, you know more than enough to at least get started on this. Read in the file, parse out the numbers you care about. You'll easily find algorithms online for finding duplicates if you can't figure it out yourself with a few loops.
Perhaps I am a bit confused about how fscanf works. I've read that it reads in the file line by line, correct? Does it hold in memory the value(s) of the previous line? I think that once I understand the logic behind fscanf, it will be easier for me to decide how to handle this problem.
Thanks.
fscanf does not read line by line, it read in a specific format that you specify.
fscanf - C++ Reference
For line by line reads you want fgets
fgets - C++ Reference
You give it a format string (just like with printf) and it attempts to read that string. If the string has a space, it will try and read a space, etc... If you include special characters for, say, decimal numbers, it will try and read a decimal number. In addition to the format string, you pass it address to variables you have prepared to store the values that it reads. For every special symbol or variable in your format string, you must pass a corresponding address for fscanf to write to.
