How to distinguish a null line(just a return) in text file

[gogomei]

I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n ")==0" is never
reached. How can I do?



Thank you!



my code:

FILE * fp;

char tmp[1024];



if((fp = fopen("Membersh ip.txt", "r")) == NULL)

{

printf("Open Membership.txt error!\n");

_exit(EXIT_FAIL URE);

}

if(fscanf(fp,"% s",tmp) == EOF)

{

printf("Date file over or Read data file error.\n");

break;

}



if((strcmp(tmp, " \n"))==0){

fscanf(fp,"%s", tmp);

printf("%s \n ",tmp);

}



Membership.txt:



Bell, Dennis A.

NI Gatural Xeatures Inventory

Mason Bldg

PO Box 30456

Okemos, XY12345-7944

636.455.1552

4, 8, 9, 10



Clixia, Wichelle R.

536 W Bbcroft St #3

Toledo, XY 12345-3240

bugsrus100@yaho o.com



Ally, John W.

4 Oxford Rd

East Lansing 48823

P 430.852.7590

allaon@um.edu

3, 16, 6, 9, 13

...


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[John Harrison]

Re: How to distinguish a null line(just a return) in text file


"gogomei" <member29821@db forums.com> wrote in message
news:3311227.10 62446176@dbforu ms.com...[color=blue]
>
> I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
> person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
> starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
> names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n ")==0" is never
> reached. How can I do?
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> my code:
>
> FILE * fp;
>
> char tmp[1024];
>
>
>
> if((fp = fopen("Membersh ip.txt", "r")) == NULL)
>
> {
>
> printf("Open Membership.txt error!\n");
>
> _exit(EXIT_FAIL URE);
>
> }
>
> if(fscanf(fp,"% s",tmp) == EOF)
>
> {
>
> printf("Date file over or Read data file error.\n");
>
> break;
>
> }
>
>
>
> if((strcmp(tmp, " \n"))==0){
>
> fscanf(fp,"%s", tmp);
>
> printf("%s \n ",tmp);
>
> }
>[/color]

[snip]

Any particular reason for posting this to comp.lang.c++? You're writing C
code not C++ code.

Anyway the correct way to read a line in C is with fgets, fscanf does
something else entirely.

john

[Kevin Goodsell]

Re: How to distinguish a null line(just a return) in text file

John Harrison wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Anyway the correct way to read a line in C is with fgets, fscanf does
> something else entirely.
>[/color]

fscanf can certainly be used for reading a line, but not with the "%s"
format specifier. That's only good for opening up gaping security holes
in your program.

-Kevin
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[Thomas Matthews]

Re: How to distinguish a null line(just a return) in text file

gogomei wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
> person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
> starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
> names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n ")==0" is never
> reached. How can I do?
>
>
>
> Thank you![/color]
['C' code snipped]
[color=blue]
> Membership.txt:
>
>
>
> Bell, Dennis A.
>
> NI Gatural Xeatures Inventory
>
> Mason Bldg
>
> PO Box 30456
>
> Okemos, XY12345-7944
>
> 636.455.1552
>
> 4, 8, 9, 10
>
>
>
> Clixia, Wichelle R.
>
> 536 W Bbcroft St #3
>
> Toledo, XY 12345-3240
>
> bugsrus100@yaho o.com
>
>
>
> Ally, John W.
>
> 4 Oxford Rd
>
> East Lansing 48823
>
> P 430.852.7590
>
> allaon@um.edu
>
> 3, 16, 6, 9, 13
>
> ..
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://dbforums.com[/color]

In C++, use string, 'ifstream' and 'getline':

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
using std::ifstream;
using std::getline;
using std::string;
using std::endl;
using std::cerr;
using std::cout;

int main(void)
{
ifstream data_file("Memb ership.txt");
if (!data_file)
{
cerr << "Error opening file 'Membership.txt '" << endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

string text_line;
while (getline(data_f ile, text_line, '\n')
{
if (text_line.leng th() == 0)
continue;
Process_Text_Li ne(text_line);
}
data_file.close ();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}


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