string search

[victor_miami]

I have a text file that I need to read.

The text file looks like this:

CARDATA
redcars.dat type_1.2-1 speed acceleration inertia
blackcars.txt type3.4.44-112 weight length wheelbase engine inertia speed

CONDITION
good fair poor

PRICE
0 25000.0 79000 125000.0 350000


My questions are:
1. How do I find a string within a string and store it ( in other words I don't want to store speed twice)?
2. The lines of text can be variable length so how can I process each line by reading it and finding the text I need? (ex: find the catagory CARDATA and ignore it, but I need redcars.dat and acceleration).

Thanks for your help!

[Happy_Reaper]

There's a thread that deals with issues that are very much the same as yours. And it's not that far, either. Here's the link :
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=84529

[nadroj]

also check out these links regarding string manipulation and reading a line from a file:
http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstring/
http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstdio/fgets.html

[victor_miami]

Thanks for the links but I still don't see how these answer the question of finding a string within a string. Can anyone provide an example (code) of searching for a string within a string?
I appreciate any help.
Thanks!

[nadroj]

a string within a string is called a 'substring'. if you DID read the (1st) link i sent, youd have the answer.

[Happy_Reaper]

Also look up sscanf.

[Dave_Sinkula]

Consider also strcspn.