Re: Reading a table

Bill Reid wrote:
CBFalconer <cbfalconer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
Bill Reid wrote:
Roland Pibinger <rpbg123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

... snip ...

- whithout static FILE

Possibly, but the idea here is just to read a single file and
then close it right up...

- for arbitrary long lines (no hard-coded maximum line lenght)

Yes, but again the idea here is we KNOW the maximum size> of our
file lines,

However, some people want to copy files without worrying about line
length. With ggets (and fggets) you can handle this with ease, as
in the following:

[1] c:\c\junk>cc -o fcopylns.exe ggets.o junk.c

[1] c:\c\junk>fcopylns <junk.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "ggets.h"

int main(void) {
char *line;

while (0 == ggets(&line)) {
puts(line);
free(line);
}
return 0;
} /* main, fcopylns */

Note the complexity. You can get the source etc. for ggets at:

<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net/download/ggets.zip>

Sure, something like that might come in handy in some situations,
but I actually take a somewhat different tack for parsing out text
"tables" with potentially (unpredictably) HUGE "field" sizes.

Try out ggets. It will handle ANY size line. I deliberately
designed it to replace gets, with the usage simplicity, but no
worry about over-run. It's primary use is in interactive work, but
the efficiency is not bad for general use.

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