Yurttas/PL/IL/C/F-mar11/01/02/00/08/get data.c

 1/*
 2   Copyright(C) 1998
 3   All Rights Reserved. Salih Yurttas, ZCubes, BitsOfCode Software Systems, Inc..
 4
 5   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
 6   software and its documentation for EDUCATIONAL purposes
 7   and without fee is hereby granted provided that this
 8   copyright notice appears in all copies.
 9
10   date   : January 1, 1998.
11   author : Salih Yurttas.
12
13   get_data.c
14*/
15
16
17#include <stdio.h>
18
19#define MAX_STRING_SIZE 64
20
21int get_data(char **a) {
22  FILE *in_file;
23  char filename[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
24
25  int i;
26
27  printf("\n-> input filename : ");
28  scanf("%s", filename);
29
30  in_file = fopen(filename,"r");
31
32  if(in_file==NULL) {
33    printf("cannot open %s\n", filename);
34    exit(1);
35  }
36
37  i = 0;
38  while(fscanf(in_file, "%s", a[i])!=EOF)
39    ++i;
40
41  fclose(in_file);
42
43  return i;
44}