Thread: Finding a function to return the amount of lines in an input file

I am trying to make some code that was handed to me more user friendly. I want to find a function that will scan the input file for the number of lines. Currently the first line of the input file contains the file length in lines. The rest of the code uses that number to iterate

Code:

	int inum_rows;		
	fpin0 = fopen("table_eng_la1.dat","r");
	fscanf(fpin0,"%d",&inum_rows);
	for(i = 0; i < inum_rows; i++)
	{
		fscanf(fpin0,"%lf %lf %lf %lf",&table_eng0[i], &table_eng1[i],
			&table_eng2[i], &table_eng3[i]);
	}	
	fclose(fpin0);
	
	for(i = 0; i < inum_rows; i++)
                /*Do Something */

Please make your recommendations simple....... I am not a programmer......... Thanx!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Salem
So you want to count the number of lines in the file (and assign it to inum_rows), rather than reading inum_rows from the first line in the file?

Exactly!!!

I wish it were homework.......then I would have an instructor to ask these questions. Actually, I have been out of college for many years (the reason I can't remember how to program in "C"). This is for a real world application......... thanks a ton for the info! I am sure I will be posting more in the days to come.