Help for getting string from a file

hi,
i am new in c programming. i am making a program that will receive text from a file. but it stops taking string when there is 'new line'.what condition i have to put to get all the strings from a file. my codes are given below.

char read_file (char ch[])
{
FILE* read_file;
char gets_name[14];

printf ("PLEASE ENTER THE FILE NAME TO READ AND ENCODE:");
scanf("%s", gets_name);

read_file=fopen (gets_name,"r");


fgets (ch,1000,read_file);


printf("\n\nYOUR FILE CONTAINS FOLLOWING TEXT: \n");
printf ("-----------------------------------\n");
printf ("%s\n\n",ch);


please help me. thnks in advance

 

Code:

char buffer[100];

while(fgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, read_file) != NULL) {
   ... printf ...
}

or

while(fscanf(read_file, "%s", buffer) == 1) {
   ... printf ...
}

fgets will leave the newline in "buffer". If that isn't wanted

Code:

while(fgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, read_file) != NULL) {
   char *p = strchr(buffer, '\n');
   if(p != NULL)
      *p = '\0';

   ... printf ...
}

fscanf breaks on white space; basically, it reads words and not lines whereas fgets reads lines. Well up until the newline is encountered or size of the buffer is exceeded.

HTH

 

thank you so much. using your given code, I am able to print all string but I it prints from a new line it erases previous line from 'ch' and saves new line string even if it prints every line one by one. what can I do to save all lines string in 'ch'
thanks again

 

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pls ignore my last post.

 

if you're asking about storing each line from the file into a variable, then you'll need a 2d array or perhaps a linked list if you don't know how many lines ahead of time you'll have.

Code:

char saved[number_of_lines][1000];
int index = 0;

while(fgets(ch, 1000, read_file) != NULL) {
   // newline stored in ch (remove it before strcpy if desired)
   strcpy(saved[index], ch);
   ++index;
}

Are you sure you need to store each line in a variable?

 

thanks. you were very helpful. I am now able to store all lines in array.