Variable FILENAME in fopen(). How to make it?

[bobrics]

Hi,

I would like to save data from multiple repetitive simulations into a
set of files. Each time a simulation restarts, I would like it to
automatically generate a file with a name containing some of the useful
variable information.
For example, if M is 5 and N is 10, I want the file to be named as
"myfile-5x10.txt". How can I do this?

I guess I need to construct a string somehow and let it be my filename.
Thank you

[Antonio Contreras]

bobrics wrote:

Hi,

I would like to save data from multiple repetitive simulations into a
set of files. Each time a simulation restarts, I would like it to
automatically generate a file with a name containing some of the useful
variable information.
For example, if M is 5 and N is 10, I want the file to be named as
"myfile-5x10.txt". How can I do this?

I guess I need to construct a string somehow and let it be my filename.

Declare a character array to contain your file name. The array should
be big enough to contain the longest filename you would generate.

Then google for sprintf and read the documentation.

HTH

[bobrics]

Thank you for the fast reply.

[SM Ryan]

"bobrics" <bo*****@gmail. com> wrote:
# Hi,
#
# I would like to save data from multiple repetitive simulations into a
# set of files. Each time a simulation restarts, I would like it to
# automatically generate a file with a name containing some of the useful
# variable information.
# For example, if M is 5 and N is 10, I want the file to be named as
# "myfile-5x10.txt". How can I do this?

char format[] = "myfile-%dx%d.txt";
char filename[sizeof format+100];
sprintf(filenam e,format,M,N);
FILE *file = fopen(filename, "w");

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[bobrics]

thank you,

this is interesting to know as well

[Default User]

bobrics wrote:

thank you,

this is interesting to know as well

What is?
Brian

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[Simon Biber]

SM Ryan wrote:

"bobrics" <bo*****@gmail. com> wrote:
# Hi,
#
# I would like to save data from multiple repetitive simulations into a
# set of files. Each time a simulation restarts, I would like it to
# automatically generate a file with a name containing some of the useful
# variable information.
# For example, if M is 5 and N is 10, I want the file to be named as
# "myfile-5x10.txt". How can I do this?

char format[] = "myfile-%dx%d.txt";
Why make this a char[] instead of a const char *?
char filename[sizeof format+100];
Oh, it's so you can use sizeof? You could instead use a #define of
format as a string literal, then sizeof would work. I doubt there would
be any compilers that are brain-dead enough to then put two copies of
the literal into the executable, instead of making them share one memory
space!
sprintf(filenam e,format,M,N);
FILE *file = fopen(filename, "w");

Or, considering that you are using a C99 feature already (a declaration
after an executable statement), you could use strlen() to define a VLA :-)

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Simon.

[Jordan Abel]

On 2005-11-15, Simon Biber <ne**@ralmin.cc > wrote:

SM Ryan wrote:

"bobrics" <bo*****@gmail. com> wrote:
# Hi,
#
# I would like to save data from multiple repetitive simulations into a
# set of files. Each time a simulation restarts, I would like it to
# automatically generate a file with a name containing some of the useful
# variable information.
# For example, if M is 5 and N is 10, I want the file to be named as
# "myfile-5x10.txt". How can I do this?

char format[] = "myfile-%dx%d.txt";

Why make this a char[] instead of a const char *?

char filename[sizeof format+100];

Oh, it's so you can use sizeof? You could instead use a #define of
format as a string literal, then sizeof would work. I doubt there would
be any compilers that are brain-dead enough to then put two copies of
the literal into the executable, instead of making them share one memory
space!

The operand of sizeof wouldn't need to exist in memory anyway.

I believe it's legal to sizeof a "dereferenc ed" uninitialized pointer

e.g. as commonly recommended, x = malloc(sizeof *x)

[Mark McIntyre]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:45:31 +0000 (UTC), in comp.lang.c , Jordan Abel
<jm****@purdue. edu> wrote:

I believe it's legal to sizeof a "dereferenc ed" uninitialized pointer

e.g. as commonly recommended, x = malloc(sizeof *x)

This is determining the size of the type the pointer points to, it
never looks at the uninitialised pointer.
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