read numbers from file

[fluffypancakes]

i have a file where numbers are stored in a row separated by a space: 23 34 24 1 5 90, ... all positive integers. how in c do i make a loop that first works with 23, then with 34, then with 24, etc... do i have to go byte by byte or is there a way to just go number by number?

 

[Salem]

Use fgets() to read a line of numbers into a buffer; use a loop to read the whole file.

Use strtol() to convert each "23" into 23 (say); use a loop to convert the whole buffer.
strtol() can update a pointer to where it got to, making it easy to walk a string.


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[ArkM]

Of course, you may get data stream on number by number basis. That's a code sceleton:

/* Let N is a number of array elements */
FILE* f = fopen(filename,"r");
if (!f) {
    /* can't open, stop processing */
}
for (i = 0; i < N && fscanf(f,"%d",&a[i]) == 1; ++i)
    ;
if (!feof(f)) { /* not all data processed */
    if (i < N) {
        /* error occured (i/o err or bad data) */
    } else {
        /* No more memory */
    }    
}
fclose(f);