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VSMechatronics/C18/BinaryFile/binary_file_example.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
// Main () - execution starts here
int main (void)
{
// Declate file stream variables
FILE *fInput, *fOutput;
// Other variables needed
int i;
int SampleArray[10] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
float f = 23.4;
// Try and open the binary "numbers.dat" (in the current directory) file for writing
fOutput = fopen ("numbers.dat", "wb");
// Check we were able to open the file
if ( fOutput == NULL)
{
printf ("\nThe file could not be opened for writing, exiting");
return -1;
}
// Write out a single float to the binary file
fwrite ( &f, sizeof(float), 1 , fOutput);
// Now the entire array on one go
fwrite ( SampleArray, sizeof(int), 10 , fOutput);
// And close the file
fclose (fOutput);
// Try and open the binary "numbers.dat" (in the current directory) file for reading
fInput = fopen ("numbers.dat", "rb");
// Check we were able to open the file
if ( fInput== NULL)
{
printf ("\nthe file could not be opened for reading, exiting");
return -1;
}
// Read a single float from the binary file into f
fread ( &f, sizeof(float), 1 , fOutput);
// Now read the entire array on one go
fread ( SampleArray, sizeof(int), 10 , fOutput);
// Display the values read from the file on the screen
printf ("The value read into f is %f\n", f);;
for ( i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++)
{
printf ("Item %d of the array contains %d\n",i, SampleArray[i]);
}
// And close the file
fclose (fInput);
return (0); // Exit indicating sucess
}