[jim_chacko]

Hi,
i want to print the line number and column number of all the occurance of a string "//" in a given input file. I am able to count the number of occurance, but not with the column number

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
  FILE * pFile;
  int c;
  int n = 0;
  pFile=fopen ("testing.c","r");
  if (pFile==NULL) perror ("Error opening file");
  else
  {
    do
    {
      c = fgetc (pFile);
      if (c == '/')
      {
		c = fgetc (pFile);
		if (c == '/')
      	{
      		n++;
		}
  	  }
    } while (c != EOF);
    fclose (pFile);
    printf ("The file contains %d comment characters (//).\n",n);
  }
  return 0;
}

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This post has been edited by JackOfAllTrades: 21 April 2009 - 04:45 AM

[janotte]

To work out which column a character is in you will need to bring the text into your program a line at a time (not a character at a time).

You need to get a line (hint hint).

Then you can count how many characters from the start of the line the character you are interested in appears.

Have a try at that idea and get back to us (if you want).

[moopet]

If you want to do it a character at a time like that, though, you can have another counter for the column which you increment every time you fgetc() and which you print (or whatever) then reset to zero whenever you find a match.

[janotte]

moopet, on 21 Apr, 2009 - 04:55 AM, said:

If you want to do it a character at a time like that, though, you can have another counter for the column which you increment every time you fgetc() and which you print (or whatever) then reset to zero whenever you find a match.

Ah yes.
Good idea!

[Notorion]

I would use getline, then would use the find method in the string class to see where the character is on the line

[jim_chacko]

janotte, on 21 Apr, 2009 - 05:53 AM, said:

moopet, on 21 Apr, 2009 - 04:55 AM, said:

If you want to do it a character at a time like that, though, you can have another counter for the column which you increment every time you fgetc() and which you print (or whatever) then reset to zero whenever you find a match.

Ah yes.
Good idea!

//

I found anothere code from net which do the same . but i am not getting the output as expected. Can somebody help me with
what is wrong here

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

//
// 
//

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
	FILE *inFile;
	char c, buff[120], *t;
	int line = 1;
	
	if (argc != 3) {
		perror("Usage: findwordinfile [word] [fileName] n");
		exit(1);
	}
	
	inFile = fopen(argv[2], "r");
	printf("argv[1] = [%s]n", argv[1]);
	
	if(inFile == NULL){
		perror("File cannot be opened!");
		exit(1);
	}
	
	//reset the pointer to point to the begining of buff
	t = buff;
	do {
		c = fgetc(inFile);
		
		// This necessary for it to work on MS-Windows
		// In Windows, the newline goes in pair "rn"
		// Pain! Pain! Pain!
		if (c == 'r'){
			continue;
		}
		if (c == 'n'){
		   
			if (strcmp(buff, argv[1])== 0){
				printf("found [%s] at line %dn", buff, line);
			}
			line++;
			
			//Reset the buffer
			memset(buff, '', sizeof(buff));
			
			//reset the pointer to point to the begining of buff
			t = buff;
			continue;
		}
		if (c == ' '){
			
			if (strcmp(buff, argv[1])== 0){
				printf("found [%s] at line %dn", argv[1], line);
			}
			
			//Reset the buffer
			memset(buff, '', sizeof(buff));
			
			//reset the pointer to point to the begining of buff
			t = buff;
			continue;
		}
		else {
			// This is not a white space character
			// we need to collect it. Post increment the pointer 
			// to the next index of the buffer
			*(t++) = c;
		}
		//printf("buff = [%s] n", buff);   
		
	}while(c != EOF);   
	
	return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

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[janotte]

You have been warned already.

No help unless you

[jim_chacko]

I have been able to do get the line number and the column number of a special character.
Here i am trying to find "//" in the code and check whther the column number is less than 41.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

main(int argc, char** argv)

{

	FILE *inFile;
	FILE *outFile;
	char c1,c2;
	int len = 0;
	int i = 0,j = 0;
	int col = 0;
	int row = 1,errorRow;
	int errorFlg=0;
	char newFile[200];

	if (argc != 3)
	{
		perror("Usage: ./a.exe [word] [fileName]");
		exit(1);
	}

	len = strlen(argv[1]);

	inFile = fopen(argv[2], "r+");

	strcpy(newFile,"new\\");

	strcat(newFile,argv[2]);

	outFile = fopen(newFile, "w+");

	if(inFile == NULL)
	{
		perror("File cannot be opened!");
		exit(1);
	}


	while(c1 != EOF)
	{

		for(i=0;i<len && c1 != EOF;i++)

		{
			c1 = fgetc(inFile);

			if((c1 != argv[1][0])&&(c1 != 10) && (col < 41))

			{

			   fputc(c1,outFile);

			}

			if(c1 == argv[1][0])

			{

			   c2 = fgetc(inFile);

			   if(c2 == argv[1][1])

			   {

				   if((col == 0) || (col == 1))

				   {

					  fputc(c1,outFile);

					  fputc(c2,outFile);

					  errorRow = row;

				   }

				   else
					 if(col<41)

				   {

					  printf("<<ERROR row --> %d col --> %d\n",row,col);

					  for(j = col;j<41 && errorRow != row;j++)

					  {

						 fputc(' ',outFile);

					  }

					  errorRow = row;

					  if((c1 != 10) && (c2 != 10))

					  {

						 fputc(c1,outFile);

						 fputc(c2,outFile);

					  }

					  errorFlg == 1;

				   }

				   else if(col>41)

				   {

			
					   printf("								 >>ERROR row --> %d col --> %d\n",row,col);

					   if((c1 != ' ') && (c2 != ' '))

					   {
						  fputc(c1,outFile);

						  fputc(c2,outFile);
					   }

				   }

				   else

				   {

					  fputc(c1,outFile);

					  fputc(c2,outFile);

				   }

				   col++;

			   }

			   else

			   {

				  fputc(c1,outFile);

				  fputc(c2,outFile);

			   }

			}

			else if(c1 == 10)

			{

			  col = 0;
			  fputc(c1,outFile);
			  row ++;

			}

			else if ((col > 41) &&
					   (c1 != ' ') && (c2 != ' '))

					   {
						  fputc(c1,outFile);

						  fputc(c2,outFile);
					   }

		col++;

		}

	   };

if(errorFlg == 0)

{

	printf("\n****************NO ERRORS******************\n");

}

fclose(inFile);

fclose(outFile);

}

Thanks you all for the guidance and help

Jim

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