how to split input string into 4 components

[nyc680]

Sample input string

james 35 bond 30
berry 40 bond 37

The program must separte each line into 4 parts. first name, age, last name, and age+7, the following code is a sample of with only 2 component, I don't know how to do it with 4 components. Could someone edit the code for me please.

void main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct person list[];
    int i,n;
    char *ch, *ch1;
    char buf[256];
    FILE *file1;
    i=0;
    fgets(buf,250,file1);    
 
    while(!feof(file1))
    {
    ch=strchr(buf,'\n');
    if (ch!=NULL) *ch='\0';
    else break;
    ch = strchr(buf, ' ');
    if(ch!=NULL) 
                 { 
                 *ch='\0'; 
                 ch1=++ch;  //age
 
                  }
    else break;
    strcpy(list[i].lastname,buf);
                list[i].age=atoi(ch1);
    i++;        
    fgets(buf,256,file1);
    }
 
    n=i;
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
              printf("%s is %d years, first name is %s\n", list[i].lastname, list[i].age); 
    }

[gpraghuram]

Hi,
If the lines are tokens are separated by space then u can use this logic.
Open the file
Read the line using fgets.
use sscnaf to read the 4 values
store the values
close the file

Thanks
Raghu

[nyc680]

do sscanf automatically parse into 4 parts? can you show me an example code?

[gpraghuram]

hi,
Check this.

int arr[]="james 35 bond 30";
char val1[10],val3[2];
int val2,val4;
 
sscanf(arr,"%s %d %s %d",val1,&val2,val3,&val4);
 
 

I think the above one helps u.

Raghu