How to store a File content in a variable using C

[anitha1234]

Hi

I have generated one file ( this file contains only random numbers in binary form)
now i have to pass the content of file into some function,
so i want to store my content of file into a variable. file size may vary,
how to do this, pls help me.

Thanks

[horace1]

Hi

I have generated one file ( this file contains only random numbers in binary form)
now i have to pass the content of file into some function,
so i want to store my content of file into a variable. file size may vary,
how to do this, pls help me.

Thanks

in C++ you could read the values into a vector and pass that to the function, e.g.
http://www.cppreference.com/cppvector/index.html

in C you could use an array - you would need to determine the amount of data then malloc() storage for it
http://www.codeproject.com/tips/newandmalloc.asp