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hello i got this problem on how to read a text file backwards, that is to read the last line first and then down to the beginning...

can somebody help me how to implement that in C ?

thanks
May 16 '07 #1
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There are various ways to do this.

If it's not a large file, read the records into an array by loading the first record into the last element of the array and ending with the last record in the first element of the array.

Or, seek to the end of the file and fetch characters until you reach the end of line of the previous line.
May 16 '07 #2

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