Problem with file i/o

Hi,

I am trying to make a program that reads a txt file and sets the information into a linked list. It is hard for me to explain it, so i will give an example:

The txt file:


Master Rune of Snorri Spangelhelm-------------------------------75 pts

Any blows struck by a weapon engraved with this
rune will always hit. No roll ot his necessary.

Master Rune of Skalf Blackhammer--------------------------------75 pts

Any weapon Bearing this rune will automatically
wound if it hits. No roll to wound required.
Use characters strength for hte save modifier.

Mater Rune of Alaric the Mad--------------------------------------50 pts

This rune cancels an opponents armour saving throw.
When wounded by this weapon, the target is not
allowed an armour saving throw of any kind.

End of txt file

I cant get it to read the name of the rune, point cost of the rune, and the discription. I am trying to either get it into either an array or a linked list. can you help... any ideas would helo

post the part of the code where you are having trouble.
I think using fgets and sscanf should be able to get most of the data into the appropriate places. using strtok and having a special character to denote separate parts of teh text may help.

ok... well the thing is i dont know what i am doing wrong. i am able to read the file ok but, when i get to the second fgets the program messes up. what am i doing wrong?
everything with the // are posibilities but what is the right way.

#include <stdio.h>

char subsection [30];
char discription [500];
char discriptiontemp [80];
int points=0;
int num_of_lines=0;
int i=0;


int main()
{
FILE *inputfile;


inputfile = fopen("Rune2.txt","r");

if (inputfile == NULL)
{
printf("error opening file");
}
else
{

printf("File opened successfully. Loading data...\n");
//fscanf(inputfile, "%s", subsection);

fgets(subsection, 100, inputfile);
fscanf(inputfile, "%d", &points);
fscanf(inputfile, "%d", &num_of_lines);
//fgets(&points, 10, inputfile);
//fgets(&num_of_lines, 10, inputfile);
//inputfile++;
while(i!=num_of_lines)
{

//fscanf(inputfile, " %s ", discription);
//fgets(points, 10, inputfile);
//fgets(num_of_lines, 10, inputfile);
fgets(discriptiontemp, 100, inputfile);
strcat(discription, discriptiontemp);
i++;
//inputfile++;
}

printf("%s \n%d pts \n%s", subsection, points, discription);



}

}

Why are you mixing fscanf with fgets just use fgets and sscanf

And while you're at it...

Use [code] tags!

Quzah.

Change your file so it's easier to deal with:

Quote:

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Master Rune of Snorri Spangelhelm
75 pts
Any blows struck by a weapon engraved with this
rune will always hit. No roll ot his necessary.

Master Rune of Skalf Blackhammer
75 pts
Any weapon Bearing this rune will automatically
wound if it hits. No roll to wound required.
Use characters strength for hte save modifier.

Mater Rune of Alaric the Mad
50 pts
This rune cancels an opponents armour saving throw.
When wounded by this weapon, the target is not
allowed an armour saving throw of any kind.

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Read first line, rune name (fgets)
Read second line, points (fgets, sscanf)
Loop to read next lines until an empty line (fgets, strcat)
Repeat until eof

ohhhh purty colors quzah

So... if i am getting this correct. i need to store the input of the fgets() into an array and then go through the array and break it up into seperate components?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Dragoncaster131

So... if i am getting this correct. i need to store the input of the fgets() into an array and then go through the array and break it up into seperate components?

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Almost.
If you are talking about my idea then you'd create 3 arrays:
1) array of characters for the number of runes
2) array of ints for the points
3) array of characters for the description.

Assuming the longest rune name is 25 and you have 10 runes
char RuneName[10][26];
would created an array for the runes. 26 includes the trailing 0 to terminate the string.

printf("%s", RuneName[3]); will print the name of the 4th rune