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Ja4Coltrane
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Hello!
I am working on some software to control oscilloscopes and function generators in a physics lab. The situation I am faced with at the moment is to be able to translate integers into a form which can be loaded into a device.
So basically I have a file which looks like this:
(1)**NEXT**(2)**NEXT**...**NEXT**(16383)
where (n) is actually something really crazy (possibly including whitespace). (The actual file starts like "^A**NEXT**^B**NEXT**...).
I am trying to write a program in C which will let me input any int n with 1<=n and n<=16383 and which will go through the file to find (n) and output it.
So basically it is a problem of dealing with an ugly mess of characters. Do you all have any suggestions or know of any built in functions which might be useful for this?
Also, when using file input in C, I tend to run into the problem where I can only move forward in the file. Is there an easy way to move backwards as well? What about a way of searching for the next "**NEXT**"? Anyway, sorry about the long question. Any advice at all would be nice!
Thanks!
I am working on some software to control oscilloscopes and function generators in a physics lab. The situation I am faced with at the moment is to be able to translate integers into a form which can be loaded into a device.
So basically I have a file which looks like this:
(1)**NEXT**(2)**NEXT**...**NEXT**(16383)
where (n) is actually something really crazy (possibly including whitespace). (The actual file starts like "^A**NEXT**^B**NEXT**...).
I am trying to write a program in C which will let me input any int n with 1<=n and n<=16383 and which will go through the file to find (n) and output it.
So basically it is a problem of dealing with an ugly mess of characters. Do you all have any suggestions or know of any built in functions which might be useful for this?
Also, when using file input in C, I tend to run into the problem where I can only move forward in the file. Is there an easy way to move backwards as well? What about a way of searching for the next "**NEXT**"? Anyway, sorry about the long question. Any advice at all would be nice!
Thanks!