Thread: using fgets to store something into an array silently?

I have the following piece of code:

Code:

void getString(char array[], int size)
{
   printf("Please enter some text");
   fgets(array, size, stdin);
}

I have a few other methods, arrayToLinkList and printLinkList. Basically when i pass the array to these methods it copies it into a linked list and another method prints it out.

My question is i have a file, i can print out the contents, i know how many lines are in it so reading the file and having a reference to it is no problem. How exactly do i extract the contents and store it in an array using fgets? Whenever i modify the above method it keeps asking for input.

Replace stdin with the handle of the file you opened.

Sure, you get each line from the file using fgets()
Then you chop up the line using strtok, strcmp, strstr, sscanf or whaever else you like to extract the bits of information you want to keep.
Then you copy those bits to wherever you want to store, say your array, list, tree or whatever.