Putting a structure into a file

I have a structure i need put into a file I know that you can do binary files but when i use fopen, fwrite, the open works but fwrite always causes the program to crash. Can someone post an example of creating, writing and reading a structure from a binary file?

Why don't you post your code that crashes? That way we can see whats wrong.

And this topic should be in the C forums.

Code:

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FILE *stream;
 if ((stream = fopen("binary.dat", "wb")) != NULL)
 {
  fwrite(&data_struct, sizeof(data_struct), 1, stream); // write struct s to file
  fclose(stream);
 }

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Hmm, that looks correct, assuming that your structure is...

Here is a write/read sample which works for me: try and compile it. If it crashes it must be something with your compiler or OS.

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

typedef struct
{
  int Var1;
}MYSTRUCTURE;

int main()
{
  MYSTRUCTURE Structure1;
  FILE* WriteFile;
  Structure1.Var1=12345;

  WriteFile=fopen("Myfile.tmp", "wb");
  if(WriteFile!=NULL)
  {
      //Write data
      fwrite(&Structure1, sizeof(MYSTRUCTURE), 1, WriteFile);
      fclose(WriteFile);
  }
  else
  {
      //Error
      printf("Error writing file!");
      getch();
      return 0;
  }

  MYSTRUCTURE Structure2;
  FILE* ReadFile;

  ReadFile=fopen("Myfile.tmp", "rb");
  if(ReadFile!=NULL)
  {
      //Read data
      fread(&Structure2, sizeof(MYSTRUCTURE), 1, ReadFile);
      fclose(ReadFile);
  }
  else
  {
      //Error
      printf("Error reading file!");
      getch();
      return 0;
  }

  //Print the result
  printf("value: %d", Structure2.Var1);
  getch();
  return 0;
}

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Code:

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ifstream fin;
fin.open("filenamehere");
fin>>data_struct;
fin.close();

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the include file is process.h




... damn you guys try too hard. its this simple

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Originally posted by Denethor2000

Code:

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ifstream fin;
open("filenamehere");
fin>>data_struct;
close();

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the include file is process.h

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This doesn't look right. Shouldn't the second line be
fin.open("FileName.ext");
And the last line be:
fin.close();
???

yeah i caught that :)
its edited, refresh

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How can you add and load char[]'s to/from a structure then?

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

typedef struct
{
  char[10] Var1;
}MYSTRUCTURE;

int main()
{
  MYSTRUCTURE Structure1;
  FILE* WriteFile;
  Structure1.Var1="sghrdhj";

  WriteFile=fopen("Myfile.tmp", "wb");
  if(WriteFile!=NULL)
  {
      //Write data
      fwrite(&Structure1, sizeof(MYSTRUCTURE), 1, WriteFile);
      fclose(WriteFile);
  }
  else
  {
      //Error
      printf("Error writing file!");
      getch();
      return 0;
  }

  MYSTRUCTURE Structure2;
  FILE* ReadFile;

  ReadFile=fopen("Myfile.tmp", "rb");
  if(ReadFile!=NULL)
  {
      //Read data
      fread(&Structure2, sizeof(MYSTRUCTURE), 1, ReadFile);
      fclose(ReadFile);
  }
  else
  {
      //Error
      printf("Error reading file!");
      getch();
      return 0;
  }

  //Print the result
  printf("value: %d", Structure2.Var1);
  getch();
  return 0;
}

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Certainly doesn't work. Even if it did, the characters of the string would be read with their numerical values.

I need to know how to do this because I want to add and load questions, example:

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struct Database
{
    int history_qs_n_ans_number;

    char history_qs[1000];
    char history_ans[1000];
    char note[1000];
};

Database Religious_history[] =
{

  { 1, "Who founded the religion of Zoroastrianism?", "Zarathustra", "The belief of when Zarathustra, or Zoroaster lived, has varied greatly over the years, he is now dated to about 1000 BC. There are some people who even questionhis existence." },  // #1 initialized.
  { 2, "Which was the official religion in the empire of Han(206 BC - 220 AD)?", "Konfucianism", "Konfucianism remains from the belief of the philiosoph Konfucius" },  // #2 initialized.
  { 3, "Which year did Muhammed escape from Mecca?" }  // #3 initializexd.

};

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How can all this succefully be added and loaded from/to a file?

> Structure1.Var1="sghrdhj";

This should be:
strcpy(Structure1.Var1,"sghrdhj");

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How can you add and load char[]'s to/from a structure then?

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Yeah but not the way you want. You can't use a static table like that. Well, you could:

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struct mydata mytable[MYSIZE];
for( x = 0; x < MYSIZE; x++ )
    fread( mytable[x], sizeof( struct mydate ), 1, fp );

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Or you could just use a linked list.

Quzah.