Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to
a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem...
each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct>
I'm having a helluva time with the binary-->(pod)datatype conversion.
Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams
are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an option.
Here's 3 records (broken into lines for easy reading)...
D5840000428F0000140501000B0000000000
993A000066C70000140501000F0000000000
C0880000538D0100140501001D0000000000
Here's (pod) mystruct...
static struct IDX_RECORD /* length 18 bytes */
{
unsigned long respnum; // 4 bytes
unsigned long datfile_offset; // 4 bytes
unsigned char disposition; // 1 byte
unsigned char status; // 1 byte
unsigned char segment_svd; // 1 byte
unsigned char not_used; // 1 byte
unsigned short segment_dupr; // 2 bytes
unsigned long next_segment_offset; // 4 bytes
};
Is this one of those times fscanf IS the "better" (whatever that means) way?
Assuming the powers have big-time aversion to "scan" functions,
what's an alternative?
Thank you for your thoughts,
Drake 7 1102
Drake wrote: Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct>
Bummer. Ask C++ questions in a C++ newsgroup like news:comp.lang.c++
"Drake" <x@y.net> wrote in message
news:Xn***********************@207.217.125.204... Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct> I'm having a helluva time with the binary-->(pod)datatype conversion.
Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an option.
Here's 3 records (broken into lines for easy reading)...
D5840000428F0000140501000B0000000000 993A000066C70000140501000F0000000000 C0880000538D0100140501001D0000000000
Here's (pod) mystruct...
static struct IDX_RECORD /* length 18 bytes */ { unsigned long respnum; // 4 bytes unsigned long datfile_offset; // 4 bytes unsigned char disposition; // 1 byte unsigned char status; // 1 byte unsigned char segment_svd; // 1 byte unsigned char not_used; // 1 byte unsigned short segment_dupr; // 2 bytes unsigned long next_segment_offset; // 4 bytes };
I'll assume those byte sizes in your comments refer
to your particular implementation. The language
doesn't require those sizes (but it does require
minimum sizes). Is this one of those times fscanf IS the "better" (whatever that means)
way? Assuming the powers have big-time aversion to "scan" functions, what's an alternative?
fscanf() is not what you need. It reads textual data.
Use fread(). And be sure to account for 'endianness'.
-Mike
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:14:44 +0000, Drake wrote: Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct> I'm having a helluva time with the binary-->(pod)datatype conversion.
Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an option.
Here's 3 records (broken into lines for easy reading)...
D5840000428F0000140501000B0000000000 993A000066C70000140501000F0000000000 C0880000538D0100140501001D0000000000
Is this a hex dump of the file, or is the file text... You said it was
binary earlier. Here's (pod) mystruct...
static struct IDX_RECORD /* length 18 bytes */ { unsigned long respnum; // 4 bytes unsigned long datfile_offset; // 4 bytes unsigned char disposition; // 1 byte unsigned char status; // 1 byte unsigned char segment_svd; // 1 byte unsigned char not_used; // 1 byte unsigned short segment_dupr; // 2 bytes unsigned long next_segment_offset; // 4 bytes };
Is this one of those times fscanf IS the "better" (whatever that means) way?
Well, if the file is text, I think fscanf() is probably the best way, but
you can do whatever you want, including reading a character at a time with
getc() and not calling any other library functions. Another function to
consider is fgets() (again, assuming a text file.)
If the file is binary, which is what you said initially, I definitely
would not use fscanf(). I would use getc() or fread().
Assuming the powers have big-time aversion to "scan" functions, what's an alternative?
What do you mean by "powers?" Is that short for "powers that be," meaning,
loosely, whoever is in charge?
Thank you for your thoughts, Drake
I think you may want comp.lang.c++.
If you want a c solution, I suggest you rephrase to make that more clear,
removing all reference to c++, just to be safe, and repost.
If you want a c++ solution, post in comp.lang.c++, but read their faq
and/or lurk first to make sure you don't annoy anyone.
--Mac
Martin Ambuhl <ma*****@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c5a47k$2m9rj0$3@ID-
227552.news.uni-berlin.de: Drake wrote:
Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct>
Bummer. Ask C++ questions in a C++ newsgroup like news:comp.lang.c++
A few lines later the post tried and obviously failed in avoiding this
answer.
<< Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams
<< are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an
<< option.
Anyway std::vector isn't the problem. It's the conversion.
Drake
"Drake" <x@.y.net> wrote in message
news:Ju*****************@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net... Martin Ambuhl <ma*****@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c5a47k$2m9rj0$3@ID- 227552.news.uni-berlin.de:
Drake wrote:
Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct>
Bummer. Ask C++ questions in a C++ newsgroup like news:comp.lang.c++
A few lines later the post tried and obviously failed in avoiding this answer.
<< Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams << are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an << option.
Anyway std::vector isn't the problem. It's the conversion.
Drake
Tastefully dispatched. ;-)
"Drake" <x@y.net> wrote in message Here's 3 records (broken into lines for easy reading)...
D5840000428F0000140501000B0000000000 993A000066C70000140501000F0000000000 C0880000538D0100140501001D0000000000
Here's (pod) mystruct...
static struct IDX_RECORD /* length 18 bytes */ { unsigned long respnum; // 4 bytes unsigned long datfile_offset; // 4 bytes unsigned char disposition; // 1 byte unsigned char status; // 1 byte unsigned char segment_svd; // 1 byte unsigned char not_used; // 1 byte unsigned short segment_dupr; // 2 bytes unsigned long next_segment_offset; // 4 bytes };
Assuming the powers have big-time aversion to "scan" functions, what's an alternative?
As someone else has pointed out, you don't say whether your example is a
hexdump or a text file. fscanf() is useful only for text files, but of
limited utlity if numerics are not separated by delimiters.
What you need are the functions
unsigned long read32us(FILE *fp);
unsigned short read16us(FILE *fp);
If you want to use C++ you can be ugly and replace the FILE * with a stream,
or be object-oriented and derive a class from iostream with the functions
added.
In either case, build the read32() function on top of fgetc() / character
extraction.
If you are using C++, throw exceptions in the case of premature EOF.
Drake wrote: Well, I'm stuck in legacy land and I need a helping hand.
We're trying to give some modern value-added functionality to a circa-1985 fortran proggie.
The program produces a binary file, by itself no problem... each record needs to be converted into std::vector<mystruct> I'm having a helluva time with the binary-->(pod)datatype conversion.
Although I've referred to C++ containers, iostreams are not used... FILE* only. Insert/extract operators are not an option.
Here's 3 records (broken into lines for easy reading)...
D5840000428F0000140501000B0000000000 993A000066C70000140501000F0000000000 C0880000538D0100140501001D0000000000
Here's (pod) mystruct...
static struct IDX_RECORD /* length 18 bytes */ { unsigned long respnum; // 4 bytes unsigned long datfile_offset; // 4 bytes unsigned char disposition; // 1 byte unsigned char status; // 1 byte unsigned char segment_svd; // 1 byte unsigned char not_used; // 1 byte unsigned short segment_dupr; // 2 bytes unsigned long next_segment_offset; // 4 bytes };
Is this one of those times fscanf IS the "better" (whatever that means) way?
Assuming the powers have big-time aversion to "scan" functions, what's an alternative?
Thank you for your thoughts, Drake
If your file is ASCII encoded hex file (a.k.a. Hex dump),
then you may want to read each line using fgets(), then
fill in your data structure by converting the ASCII values
into native formats. This is probably the faster method
than fscanf.
If the file is actually binary, you may want to use the
fread function and read a block into a buffer then load
the fields of your structure from the buffer.
In no case do you want to load your structure directly
from the file or memory. The simple rule is that the
size of a structure may not be equal to the size of its
members. The compiler is allowed to add "padding" bytes
between members. This is what kills most programs that
attempt to map a structure directly to an input stream.
--
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