help with fread in C

[johnnymier]

I need to write a function in C that reads a small text file , stores every character in a variable, and then stops reading when it reaches EOF. I assume I need to use fread();
I need precise info on my problem, I have been searching around only finding which parameters go into fread(); but no luck on how to loop until end of file.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Shadowmeld]

I'm not much on programming, but here is a starter.
do
{
what ever crap you need in here
} while !EOF

that should help a little until someone else can reply
sorry its not more

[Algaen]

I find it easier to use the fscanf function, which is similar to the scanf function used to read from standard in.
First you need to open a file stream (this opens test.txt for read-only)
FILE * pFIn = fopen("test.txt", "r");
This move the file pointer to the start of the file.
fseek(pFIn, 0L, SEEK_SET);
This scans a character from the file and stores it in the myChar variable of type char.
iVal = fscanf(pFIn, "%c", &myChar);

You would then loop while iVal does not equal EOF. iVal normally contains the number of bytes read or EOF on end of file

FILE * pFIn = fopen("test.txt", "r");
fseek(pFIn, 0L, SEEK_SET);
iVal = fscanf(pFIn, "%c", &myChar);
while(iVal != EOF){
//Do stuff
iVal = fscanf(pFIn, "%c", &myChar);
}

Hope this helps!

[black_death]

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/int/sx2i.html
http://www.kirtland.cc.mi.us/cis/CIS...r_11_part2.htm
http://www.acornusers.org/education/...Tutorial9.html
http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~csc2100a...tuto1-file.doc
http://www.cis.uoguelph.ca/~welazmeh...ek10-Files.pdf
http://www.csie.fju.edu.tw/~yeh/cour.../chapter11.ppt
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/B.Wen...c/cnotes8.html
http://teachweb.cis.uoguelph.ca/cs11...12-L17-4UP.pdf
http://www.irecall.com/usda_c/c_notes8.htm

[EaseZE]

Maybe something like this would work.. I cant remember my c all that well but something like this would work in c++ and c.
Use an array of n size.
i=0
while scanf array[i]
i++

[Chinchilla06]

sry i didn't go in detail, it's 1:00 am, and i really should get some sleep

#define MAX 200 \\ put whatever here...

char text[MAX];

(open file)

for ( t = 0; t < MAX ; t ++)
{
fscanf( FILE, TYPE, &text[t] )
}

<--- 10 min later -----> (edited)
here's a simple program that should do what you ask

#include <fstream.h>
main()
{
ifstream fin("Msdos.sys"); // ignore msdos.sys and replace it with the text file
cout<< "thingy's\n\n\n";
char ch;
int t = 0;
char text[];
while(fin.get(ch))
text[t] = ch;
cout << ch;
t++;
fin.close();
}

[cacophinix]

using fgetc() function is also an option.
and not to make your programme more dynamic use linked list to store the inputs of the file
stuct some_name{
char file_data;
struct some_name *next;
};

[Chinchilla06]

fgetc may be a little tricky for him to use.. fgetc just calls a character, but he wants to change all the characters into a variable..

[eXterNaLity]

You also can try by using struct of array and combine it with linked list ,use some pointer
I hope you understand what i mean ok
Struct bla_bla_bla{
Char data;
int x;
struct data *next;
}*head,*curr,*tail;