I am working on replicating the load() function from MATLAB for use in a C application. I am having trouble dynamically loading the data and initializing the arrays that I need. More specifically, I am trying to use fgets with arrays that have been initialized with calloc, and I cannot get it to work. The function is below, and help is appreciated.
EDIT: Updated code is below the following flawed example.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
void *load(const char *Filename);
void *load(const char *Filename)
{
FILE* FID;
if ((FID = fopen(Filename, "r")) == NULL)
{
printf("File Unavailable.\n");
}
else
{
int widthCount = 0, heightCount = 0;
char ReadVal;
while ((ReadVal = fgetc(FID)) != '\n')
{
if (ReadVal == ' ' || ReadVal == ',' || ReadVal == '\t')
{
widthCount++;
}
}
rewind(FID);
char* String = calloc(widthCount * 100, sizeof(char));
while (fgets(*String, widthCount+1, FID) != EOF)
{
heightCount++;
}
double* Array = calloc(widthCount * heightCount, sizeof(double));
rewind(FID);
int i = 0, j = 0;
char * pch;
while (fgets(*String, widthCount+1, FID) != EOF)
{
pch = strtok(String, " ,\t");
while (pch != NULL)
{
Array[i][j] = strtod(pch, NULL);
pch = strtok (NULL, " ,\t");
j++;
}
i++;
j = 0;
}
fclose(FID);
return Array;
}
}
The revised code: This solution works, for anyone looking at a similar problem.
void *load(const char *Filename)
{
FILE* FID;
if ((FID = fopen(Filename, "r")) == NULL)
{
printf("File Unavailable.\n");
return NULL;
}
else
{
int widthCount = 0, heightCount = 0;
double *Array;
char Temp[100];
while ((Temp[0] = fgetc(FID)) != '\n')
{
if (Temp[0] == '\t' || Temp[0] == ' ' || Temp[0] == ',')
{
widthCount++;
}
}
widthCount++;
//printf("There are %i columns\n", widthCount);
rewind(FID);
while (fgets(Temp, 99, FID) != NULL)
{
heightCount++;
}
//printf("There are %i rows\n", heightCount);
Array = (double *)calloc((widthCount * heightCount), sizeof(double));
rewind(FID);
int i = 0;
while (!feof(FID))
{
fscanf(FID, "%lf", &*(Array + i));
fgetc(FID);
i++;
}
return Array;
}
}
Array isn't a 2d array instead of Array[i][j] = strtod(pch, NULL);
just increment the pointer *(Array++) = strtod(pch, NULL);