#include #include /* Example 3 - jumping & getting element count */ int main(void) { int ValRead; int Item; int Locn; FILE *fptr; /* Open the file from example 1 */ fptr = fopen ("data.dat","rb"); if ( fptr == NULL ) { printf ("\nError opening input file - aborting "); exit (0); } /* Ask the user which value to jump to */ printf ("\nWhich value do you wish to view ? "); scanf ("%d",&Item); /* Jump to this item */ /* notice we move in steps of item size */ Locn = Item * sizeof(int); fseek (fptr, Locn, SEEK_SET); /* And read a single integer in */ if (fread (&ValRead, sizeof(int), 1, fptr ) == 1) { /* Display the read value */ printf ("Item %d is %d\n",Item,ValRead); } else printf("Failed to read at location %d\n", Item); /* And close */ fclose (fptr); /* All Done */ return 0; }