Thread: Replace wildcard text in file with specific text.

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    Replace wildcard text in file with specific text.

    I have a file I need to open and find "0x.xx", where x.xx is a wildcard that is all numbers.
    I need to replace "0x.xx" with "01.00". The "0x.xx" is more than "01.00". Could someone give me some code to do that and then output the entire file into a new file?

    Cannot use string.

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    I'm currently using the following code to store the information I'm looking looking for in a variable, but I need to change it and reinsert it into the file. It's untested atm, but should work.

    Code:
    FILE *fp = fopen ("/somepath/file.DAT", "r" );  
    	if ( fp != NULL )
    	{	
    		char line [ 16 ];
    		if (fgets ( line, sizeof line, fp ) != NULL) {
    		sprintf(Versioninfo, "%s", strstr(line, "0")+1+strstr(line, ".")+2+strstr(line, "00")); // 0x.xx00 (IE: 01.1300)
    		return 0;
    	} else {
    		return -2;
        }
      } else {
        return -1;
      }
    Last edited by untz; 11-21-2010 at 10:28 PM.

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    Is this part of some automatic version numbering when building your software?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    Is this part of some automatic version numbering when building your software?
    no .

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