why it can not exit the while loop

Here is an attachment named bunny.pdf. It is an OBJ file is read by this program.

The problem now is it can not exit the while loop while it is running. And I do not why it read twice at each line of the OBJ file if I did not use fseek().

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct{
        float p1;
        float p2;
        float p3;
}pointv;

typedef struct{
        int  ia;
        int  ib;
        int  ic;
}pointf;

pointv vtemp;
pointf ftemp;

pointv va[510];
pointf fa[1010];


int main(void){
        FILE *fp;
        int  i=1;
        int  j=0;
        char mark;
//        int  end;

        fp=fopen(".\\bunny_1k.obj","rb+");
   
        fscanf(fp,"%c %f %f %f", &mark, &vtemp.p1, &vtemp.p2, &vtemp.p3);
    va[i].p1=vtemp.p1;
        va[i].p2=vtemp.p2;
        va[i].p3=vtemp.p3;



        while( mark!='f' ){
                fprintf(stdout,"%c %f %f %f\n", mark, vtemp.p1, vtemp.p2, vtemp.p3);
                i+=1;
        fscanf(fp,"%c %f %f %f", &mark, &vtemp.p1, &vtemp.p2, &vtemp.p3);
            va[i].p1=vtemp.p1;
        va[i].p2=vtemp.p2;
        va[i].p3=vtemp.p3;
        }

    fa[j].ia=(int)vtemp.p1;
    fa[j].ib=(int)vtemp.p2;
    fa[j].ic=(int)vtemp.p3;

        while( !feof(fp) ){
                j+=1;
                fscanf(fp,"%c %d %d %d", &mark, &ftemp.ia, &ftemp.ib, &ftemp.ic);
                fa[j].ia=ftemp.ia;
                fa[j].ib=ftemp.ib;
                fa[j].ic=ftemp.ic;
                fprintf(stdout,"%c %d %d %d\n",mark, ftemp.ia, ftemp.ib, ftemp.ic);
        }
        return 0;
}

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Do you really think you should use "rb+" when reading a text-file? The fact that it's called .obj doesn't change the fact that it is actually a text-file.

Also, reading with %c is a bit dodgy in scanf() - you end up with a newline for %c, then it tries to read the next part as a %f or %d format, which ends up with a 'v' or 'f' - not a number, so it exits the fscanf with incomplete data. That's why you get two lines of fprintf() for each actual line in the input file, one with a 'v' or 'f' at the front, and another with "no mark". [At least that is what happens to me in my system].

There are two solutions I can think of:
1. Add \n to the end of the fscanf format string.
2. Use fgets() to read a line, then use sscanf() to get the data out of the line.

In both cases, validate that the *scanf() function you used actually got as many data items as it expects - in you case, it should return 4 because there are 4 %<something> in the format string.

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Mats

Mats I am happying for you reply, thanks very much. That 's my first assignment. So now I got it I think.

To me, it seems you are only doing one read and then going into a while loop. If that first character is NOT 'f', you aren't ever going to leave that while loop! Try putting your fscanf inside that while loop and you will probably solve that problem