Thread: File Read/write

Hello, I need a little help reading input from a file and placing it into a structure.

The file looks like this:

Code:

rect
7 9
+-------+
|       |
|       |
|       |
|       |
|       |
+-------+
ex
5 5
*   *
 * *
  *
 * *
*   *
dollar
1 1
$

this particular file contains 3 separate patches which belong in 3 different structures. rect, ex, and dollar belong in the name portion of the structures, the two numbers belong with the height and width portions, and the symbols belong in the two-dimensional array.

The stucture I have created:

Code:

#define M 24
#define N 79
#define NAME 10 

typedef struct {
        char name[NAME];
        int height;
        int width;
        char patch[M][N];   
}patch;

I have opened the file but am unsure of how to go about filling the structure with the information contained within the file. Any help will be appreciated...

i guess my real question is, how can I read the second line

Code:

7 9

in as two separate integers?

I tried reading the line in as a char array and creating tokens, but when I cast them like so:

Code:

p->height = token;

the output is not so good.

When reading the input from the file, use fscanf, like this:

Code:

FILE *f;
patch p;
....
fscanf(f,"%d %d",p->height,p->width);

Iwill try that out...thanks.

Originally Posted by IsmAvatar2

When reading the input from the file, use fscanf, like this:

Code:

FILE *f;
patch p;
....
fscanf(f,"%d %d",p->height,p->width);

Tried this out and it causes my program to cras when it hits this line.

Partial snippet:

Code:

while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), patches) != NULL) {
         strcpy(p->name, line);
         //debug
         printf("%s", p->name);                                                //prints fine
         system("PAUSE");                                                        //good here
         
         fscanf(patches,"%d %d", p->height, p->width);
         system("PAUSE");                                                        //never reaches this

any ideas?

I got it going now.

Code:

fscanf(patches,"%d %d", p->height, p->width);

should have had the & before the variables...8)

Code:

fscanf(patches,"%d %d", &p->height, &p->width);

Thanks for the help....