Thread: Need help - copying data from file.

Hey guys,
just doing a coursework assignment and need some help.

My code so far:

Code:

#include "stdio.h"

int main(void)
{
	FILE *fptr;

	if((fptr = fopen("table.txt", "r")) == NULL) //Open file.
	{
	    printf("\n\nCould not open the table file.\n\n"); //error message.
	}

	char str1[20], k=0;

	while(k != '\n')//Skips the first line (column headers)
	{
		if(fscanf(fptr, "%c", &k) == EOF) //Or breaks anyway if end of file is reached.
		{
			printf("\n END OF FILE REACHED\n\n");
			break;
		}
	}

	float c02[100], total=0.0;
	int END = 0;
        int j;
	int i;
	for(j=0; END == 0; j++) //breaks if end of file is reached
	{
		for(i=0; i<26; i++)
		{
			if(fscanf(fptr, "%c", &k) == EOF)
				END = 1;
		}
		fscanf(fptr, "%f", &c02[j]);
		if(END == 0)
			total = total + c02[j];
	}

	printf("\nTotal C02: %f kg\n", total);
	printf("\nCO2 Rations: %f", total / 2500);


	getchar(); //PAUSE

	return 0;
}

Basically, this looks at a file - 'table.txt' which has amounts of CO2 at 26 spaces from the left. This code calculates the total amount of CO2 (i.e. add up numbers in all lines - 26 spaces from the left). And calculates CO2 rations (1 ration = 2500 kg/n co2).

But i also need to basically copy all information in the file.

This is the file:

Code:

Fuel/Activity  Unit       kg CO2 / unit
Petrol         1 litre    2.3
Oil            1 litre    2.7
Coal           1 kg       2.4
Wood           1 kg       0.0
Electricity    1 kWhr     0.4
Natural Gas    1 kWhr     0.2
Air travel     1 mile     0.3

I need the program to copy the left column and the right column (fuel/activity, and kg CO2/unit).

Can anyone help?

Thanks.
Noori.

Use fgets() and sscanf to deal with a whole line.

Code:

while ( fgets( buff, sizeof buff, fptr ) != NULL ) {
    if ( sscanf( &buff[26], "%f", &co2 ) == 1 ) {
        total += co2;
    }
}

Skip the first line with another fgets() call.

Some things to note about your code:

• Standard header files, such as stdio.h, are usually included with angle brackets.
  
  Code:

  #include <stdio.h>

  Double quotes, as you have it, are typically reserved for user-created header files.
• Declaring variables in the middle of blocks is C99. This means that if you want compatibility with C89, an older version of C, you should declare all of your variables at the beginning of a block. (A block is delimited by { and }.)
• Code:

  	if((fptr = fopen("table.txt", "r")) == NULL) //Open file.
  	{
  	    printf("\n\nCould not open the table file.\n\n"); //error message.
  	}

  What happens if the file could not be opened? You print an error message, sure, but then the program just keeps on executing. You'd likely get a segmentation fault when you try to read from the file. You should probably exit the program if the file could not be opened.
  
  Also, most error messages are usually printed to stderr. You could use fprintf(stderr, ...) or perror(...) to do this.
• Code:

  	while(k != '\n')//Skips the first line (column headers)
  	{
  		if(fscanf(fptr, "%c", &k) == EOF) //Or breaks anyway if end of file is reached.
  		{
  			printf("\n END OF FILE REACHED\n\n");
  			break;
  		}
  	}

  Asuming you want to use that loop instead of fgets(), you could use something like
  
  Code:

  while(fscanf(fptr, "%c", &k) == 1 && k != '\n');

  or
  
  Code:

  while((k = fgetc(fptr)) != '\n' && k != EOF);

  (Note that k would then have to be an int in the last case.)
  
  Just a suggestion.