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parsing a file..

I need to parse a file which has about 2000 lines and I'm getting
told that reading the file in ascii would be a slower way to do it and
so i need to resort to binary by reading it in large chunks. Can any
one please explain what is all
this about ?
Mar 14 '08
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broli <Br*****@gmail. comwrites:
[...]
label:while(!fe of(fp))
[...]

Please read section 12 of the comp.lang.c FAQ, <http://c-faq.com/>,
particularly question 12.2.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) <ks***@mib.or g>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
Mar 17 '08 #31
Keith Thompson wrote:
Ben Bacarisse <be********@bsb .me.ukwrites:
>broli <Br*****@gmail. comwrites:
>>So here's my attempt using STATE MACHINE (as many people have
suggested)
Many people? I think, in this case it just complicates the program.
Your states are entered in sequence. Parsing the file is just a
sequence of actions, one after the other.
[...]

As one of the people who suggested a state machine, I think you're
right.
Yes, probably.
If the states are purely sequential (state 1 is always
followed by state 2, which is always followed by state 3, etc.), then
an explicit state machine is probably overkill. The state can be
implicitly represented by where you are in the program.
But writing a state machine is fun, generalizable and has the benefit -
if you use names, not opaque numbers - of making things very explicit.
Mar 17 '08 #32

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