Fscanf help ( text file handling )

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Steffan
Steffan on 15 Aug 2011
Commented: nimeesh rathi on 1 Nov 2021
Hello I'm having trouble figuring out how to get information from a .txt file. The file would be structured as follows:
[Headline1]
variable1
variable2
variable3
[Headline2]
variable4
variable5
What I need to be able to, is to create a struct with fields names as the Headlines, and each field must contain the associated variables.
I'm currently trying with fscanf.

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Friedrich
Friedrich on 15 Aug 2011
Hi,
I would use fgetl to read a full line. Than I would check if [ ] exists in that line, e.g. with strfind. If so, remove the [ ] and create a new struct field with this name, e.g. use the eval command.
If the line doesn't include [ ] than you have to assign this variable to the field.
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Steffan
Steffan on 16 Aug 2011
works like a charm, thx
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 16 Aug 2011
I would suggest using dynamic field names rather than eval.

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