how to search for a string in file c code example
Example: how to search in a file in c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
int num =0;
char word[2000];
char *string[50];
FILE *in_file = fopen("student.txt", "r");
//FILE *out_file = fopen("output.txt", "w");
if (in_file == NULL)
{
printf("Error file missing\n");
exit(-1);
}
while(student[0]!= '0')
{
printf("please enter a word(enter 0 to end)\n");
scanf("%s", student);
while(!feof(in_file))
{
fscanf(in_file,"%s", string);
if(!strcmp(string, student))==0//if match found
num++;
}
printf("we found the word %s in the file %d times\n",word,num );
num = 0;
}
return 0;
}