October 2004
Beginner
408 pages
9h 24m
English
To read from a file in C, you can use the fgets() function. It was first introduced in Chapter 5 as a reliable way to read numeric input from the keyboard. The syntax for using fgets() is
fgets (var, length, pointer);
The function reads up to length amount of data from the file and assigns this to var. You should take precautions to ensure that the function does not attempt to read in more data than can be stored in the variable. A reliable way to do this is to use the sizeof() operator:
fgets (var, sizeof(var), pointer);
Line and File EndingsOne of the nice things about C with respect to working with files is that it will automatically convert line endings. Different operating systems use different characters to mark ... |