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Read lines from file, tokenise them, save data into an array of structs.
Character Strings example from a Well House Consultants training course
More on Character Strings [link]

This example is described in the following article(s):
   • Splitting a record into individual data values in C - [link]

Source code: s4.c Module: C206
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct {
        char tlc[4]; float lati; float longi; char placename[61]; int p2005; } Station, *Depot;

/* Combined example - reads a whole file line by line and creates a structure for each od the
lines; stores pointers to each of the lines in an array. A fairly typical example of initial
data setup. */


main () {

        Depot ourlocal[3000]; // Allow up to 3000 stations
                        // For "production" code would use calloc and realloc to make size dynamic
                        // but in this example I was keeping code a bit easier to follow
        int nstations = 0;
        Depot Current;

        FILE * datasource;
        char lynes[161];

        datasource = fopen("railstats.xyz","r");

        while (fgets(lynes,160,datasource)) {

        Current = malloc(sizeof(Station)); /* Allocate memory a station */

        int passengers[6];
        char *four_code = strtok(lynes,"\t");
        char *tlc = strtok(NULL,"\t");
        strncpy(Current->tlc,tlc,3); // Safe copy, limiting at 3 charater string
        Current->tlc[3] = '\0';

        char *postcode = strtok(NULL,"\t");
        char *osref = strtok(NULL,"\t");
        char *lati = strtok(NULL,"\t");

        char *longi = strtok(NULL,"\t");

        char *placename = strtok(NULL,"\t");
        strncpy(Current->placename, placename, 60); // Safe copy (do not use strcpy!)

        int k;
        int complete = 1;
        for (k=0; k<6; k++) {
                char *nextnum = strtok(NULL,"\t");
// Check if we really do have numbers for each year
                if (! nextnum) {
                        complete = 0;
                        continue;
                        }
                if (nextnum[0] < '1' || nextnum[0] > '9') {
                        complete = 0;
                        continue;
                        }
                passengers[k] = atoi(nextnum);
        }

        Current->p2005 = passengers[2];

// If the record is complete, store it.
// But if it's no good, release the memory

        if (complete) {
                Current->lati = atof(lati);
                Current->longi = atof(longi);
                ourlocal[nstations++] = Current;
        } else {
                free(Current); /* Avoid memory being lost (leaked) */
        }

        }

// Having set the data structure up (the real purpose of this demo),
// do something to actually make use of it ;-)

        int k;
        for (k=0; k<nstations; k++) {
                Current = ourlocal[k];
                printf("%3s / %s\n",(*Current).tlc,(*Current).placename);
                printf("%3s / %s\n",Current->tlc,Current->placename); /* Same Thing! */
        }

}

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This module and example are covered on the following public courses:
 * Learning to Program in C
 * Learning to program in C and C++
 * Programming in C
 * C and C++ Programming
 * Learning to program in C and C++
 * C and C++ Programming
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