Thread: help scanning data

I need to ask the user to input data and they want it all on one line like this:

Enter data: 1 2 3 4 5 (user can put more than 5 numbers if they wish)

I have to put this data into an array and I don't know how. I figure I'm going to have to make a file and put it into there and then read it from the file.

So my question: How can I get this data into a file?

Originally Posted by Matt33

I need to ask the user to input data and they want it all on one line like this:

Enter data: 1 2 3 4 5 (user can put more than 5 numbers if they wish)

I have to put this data into an array and I don't know how. ?

something like this ? ...

Code:

#define MAXLINESIZE 128
#define MAXNUMSPERLINE 20

int nums[MAXNUMSPERLINE] = {0};
char linebuff[MAXLINESIZE];

//get your input with gets() or cin >> or whatever ...

char *p = linebuff;
int numindex = 0;

while(TRUE){
	while(*p==' ')p++;//absorb spaces
	nums[numindex++] = atoi(p);//put num in array
	if(numindex == MAXNUMSPERLINE){//check for too many nums here
	//do something ...
	}
	p = strchr(p,' ');//find next space
	if(!p)break;//no more !
	p++;
}

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