getData for multidimensional array! *IMPORTANT

[vladi]

I have to read this input file of arrays. The first column is divers second column is difficulty and third array is 5 judges scores.

HOW do input this file and put them in the arrays:

char divers [MAX_DIVERS][LEN]; //char array for names
double difficulty [MAX_DIVERS]; //array for difficulty
double scores [MAX_DIVERS][JUDGES]; // 2dim array for scores

KNIFE JACK 1.3 6.0 5.1 6.3 5.9 6.5
WILLIAMSON FLIP A 1.4 3.5 4.1 4.7 7.2 3.8
SOMMER TODD 1.2 8.0 9.1 8.1 9.3 9.0
SWAN MIKE 1.1 4.3 2.1 9.9 6.2 7.0


#define MAX_DIVERS 50
#define LEN 20
#define JUDGES 5
/* :::::::::::::::::::::::getData:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
void getData(FILE* fpIn, char divers[][LEN], double difficulty[], double scores[][JUDGES])
{
int i;
int j;

while (fgetc(fpIn) !='\n');

for(i = 0; i < MAX_DIVERS; i++){

fscanf(fpIn, "%c", &divers[i]);

}

return;
}

[4Gb4jE8b]

I'm presuming the data is in a .txt file or some similar file, at which point you'd want to use fstreams. I'm a little confused about how they are separated into columns, but you could relatively easily read the whole file into memory and parse the text as necessary (especially if there is a certain character such as a tab separating them into columns).

If i am misunderstanding, please explain a little more clearly.

[vladi]

I can't use streams.

What I mean by colums is that the txt file needs to be broken up in 3 different arrays broken up by white spaces
I have to use for loops I just don't know how to use them with 2 dimensonal arrays and multilpe fscanfs

char divers [MAX_DIVERS][LEN]; //char array for names
double difficulty [MAX_DIVERS]; //array for difficulty
double scores [MAX_DIVERS][JUDGES]; // 2dim array for scores

[4Gb4jE8b]

You can't use streams eh? Other than the obvious "why?" I'm then at a loss. I don't know of anyway to even open a file without using a stream. Hmm... honestly I don't know how i'd do any of what you're saying with those methods.

If it means anything, I'd use fstreams to open the file, run a while loop to get the whole file into memory, and parse the data either through stringstreams or a series of string.find/rfind statements, convert the necessary strings into ints, and feed them into the array with a for loop in a similar fashion you showed above.

Sorry I couldn't help more... Hoping someone more qualified comes to help!

[vladi]

It is because I am in an intermediate C class I don't even know what a stream is. We are learning 2 dim arrays and fscanf to put different parts of file into different arrays with different dimensions.

I just don't know how to write it with the nested forloops or while statements.

Thanks for your response it is much appreciated!

[4Gb4jE8b]

well for some reading on the subject
in out stream
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/iostream/
file streams
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/fstream/
string streams
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/stringstream/

they're pretty useful for console apps, though I'd be willing to bet any API or GUI would replace their use.