Thread: Problem loading file...URGENT

Hi,

I've found quite a number of posts on this topic but all of those were how to read only streams from a data file. I know fgets() can do the job but what if I have BOTH streams and floats/integers in my data file? I used structure to create the records and I am trying to load the whole file into the memory.

After saving to the data file it looks like this :

Name = aaa
Address = bbb
Total Hours Worked = 45
Pay Rate = 12
Wages = 540

Name = ccc
Address = ddd
Total Hours Worked = 20
Pay Rate = 12
Wages = 240

...
...
Note: Pay Rate & Wages are not saved as strings but as floats/integers.

1. How can I load these records into memory?
2. Will it help me if I save the records in my datafile like these :

aaa
bbb
45
12
540

ccc
ddd
20
12
240

Any help from anyone...PLEASE...

I think you can put your records in a binary file.
You can use fwrite to put your entire record in the file and you can use fread to retrieve your records.
So you can access to the values of your records easily.

Other than that you could probably do it the complicated way and have a fgets() for the different types you are using.
Cheers,
Johannes

Thanks to EVERYONE for your reply. I've solved the problem. My datafile now looks like this:

name1
address1
45
12
540
name2
address2
...
...

And I am using the following codes:

Code:

while(!feof(datafile))
   {
     
     fscanf(datafile,"%s",&List[index].name);
     fscanf(datafile,"%s",&List[index].address);
     fscanf(datafile,"%f",&List[index].Total_hrs);
     fscanf(datafile,"%f",&List[index].Pay_rate);
     fscanf(datafile,"%f",&List[index].wages);
     index++;
     
   }