How to distinguish a null line(just a return) in text file

[gogomei]

I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n")==0" is never
reached. How can I do?

Thank you!

my code:

FILE * fp;

char tmp[1024];

if((fp = fopen("Membership.txt", "r")) == NULL)

{

printf("Open Membership.txt error!\n");

_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

}

if(fscanf(fp,"%s",tmp) == EOF)

{

printf("Date file over or Read data file error.\n");

break;

}

if((strcmp(tmp," \n"))==0){

fscanf(fp,"%s",tmp);

printf("%s \n ",tmp);

}

Membership.txt:

Bell, Dennis A.

NI Gatural Xeatures Inventory

Mason Bldg

PO Box 30456

Okemos, XY12345-7944

636.455.1552

4, 8, 9, 10

Clixia, Wichelle R.

536 W Bbcroft St #3

Toledo, XY 12345-3240

bu********@yahoo.com

Ally, John W.

4 Oxford Rd

East Lansing 48823

P 430.852.7590

al****@um.edu

3, 16, 6, 9, 13

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[John Harrison]

"gogomei" <me*********@dbforums.com> wrote in message
news:33****************@dbforums.com...

I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n")==0" is never
reached. How can I do?

Thank you!

my code:

FILE * fp;

char tmp[1024];

if((fp = fopen("Membership.txt", "r")) == NULL)

{

printf("Open Membership.txt error!\n");

_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

}

if(fscanf(fp,"%s",tmp) == EOF)

{

printf("Date file over or Read data file error.\n");

break;

}

if((strcmp(tmp," \n"))==0){

fscanf(fp,"%s",tmp);

printf("%s \n ",tmp);

}

[snip]

Any particular reason for posting this to comp.lang.c++? You're writing C
code not C++ code.

Anyway the correct way to read a line in C is with fgets, fscanf does
something else entirely.

john

[Kevin Goodsell]

John Harrison wrote:

Anyway the correct way to read a line in C is with fgets, fscanf does
something else entirely.

fscanf can certainly be used for reading a line, but not with the "%s"
format specifier. That's only good for opening up gaping security holes
in your program.

-Kevin
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[Thomas Matthews]

gogomei wrote:

I have a text file like following and need to read out the names of each
person. Since the only accurate info is there is a null line before
starting a new name, I have written following code to take out the
names, but it doesn't work. Looks like "strcmp(tmp,"\n")==0" is never
reached. How can I do?

Thank you! ['C' code snipped]
Membership.txt:

Bell, Dennis A.

NI Gatural Xeatures Inventory

Mason Bldg

PO Box 30456

Okemos, XY12345-7944

636.455.1552

4, 8, 9, 10

Clixia, Wichelle R.

536 W Bbcroft St #3

Toledo, XY 12345-3240

bu********@yahoo.com

Ally, John W.

4 Oxford Rd

East Lansing 48823

P 430.852.7590

al****@um.edu

3, 16, 6, 9, 13

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In C++, use string, 'ifstream' and 'getline':

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
using std::ifstream;
using std::getline;
using std::string;
using std::endl;
using std::cerr;
using std::cout;

int main(void)
{
ifstream data_file("Membership.txt");
if (!data_file)
{
cerr << "Error opening file 'Membership.txt'" << endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

string text_line;
while (getline(data_file, text_line, '\n')
{
if (text_line.length() == 0)
continue;
Process_Text_Line(text_line);
}
data_file.close();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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