#include <stdio.
h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAX_LINES 100 // Maximum number of lines to read
#define MAX_LENGTH 100 // Maximum length of each line
int main() {
FILE *file;
char line[MAX_LENGTH];
char *lines[MAX_LINES];
int num_lines = 0;
// Open the file
file = fopen("example.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file.\n");
return 1;
}
// Read lines into array of strings
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
// Allocate memory for the line
lines[num_lines] = malloc(strlen(line) + 1);
if (lines[num_lines] == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}
// Copy the line into the allocated memory
strcpy(lines[num_lines], line);
// Increment the line counter
num_lines++;
// Ensure we don't exceed maximum lines
if (num_lines >= MAX_LINES) {
fprintf(stderr, "Exceeded maximum number of lines.\n");
break;
}
}
// Close the file
fclose(file);
// Now 'lines' array contains each line as a separate string
// Print them for demonstration
printf("Contents of file:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s", lines[i]);
free(lines[i]); // Free allocated memory for each line
}
return 0;
}
# With proper memory handling
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define MAX_LINES 100 // Maximum number of lines to read
#define MAX_LENGTH 100 // Maximum length of each line
int main() {
FILE *file;
char line[MAX_LENGTH];
char *lines[MAX_LINES];
int num_lines = 0;
// Open the file
file = fopen("example.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file.\n");
return 1;
}
// Read lines into array of strings
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
// Allocate memory for the line
lines[num_lines] = malloc(strlen(line) + 1);
if (lines[num_lines] == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");
// Clean up allocated memory before exiting
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
free(lines[i]);
}
fclose(file);
return 1;
}
// Copy the line into the allocated memory
strcpy(lines[num_lines], line);
// Increment the line counter
num_lines++;
// Ensure we don't exceed maximum lines
if (num_lines >= MAX_LINES) {
fprintf(stderr, "Exceeded maximum number of lines.\n");
break;
}
}
// Close the file
fclose(file);
// Now 'lines' array contains each line as a separate string
// Print them for demonstration
printf("Contents of file:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s", lines[i]);
free(lines[i]); // Free allocated memory for each line
}
return 0;
}
# With bidimensional array
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define INITIAL_CAPACITY 10
int main() {
char **lines = NULL;
int num_lines = 0;
int capacity = INITIAL_CAPACITY;
// Allocate initial memory for array of string pointers
lines = malloc(capacity * sizeof(char *));
if (lines == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}
// Example: Adding strings to the array
lines[num_lines] = strdup("First line");
num_lines++;
lines[num_lines] = strdup("Second line");
num_lines++;
// Example: Printing the stored strings
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s\n", lines[i]);
}
// Free allocated memory
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
free(lines[i]);
}
free(lines);
return 0;
}
