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The document explains file handling in C programming, detailing how to create, open, read, and write to files using the FILE pointer and fopen() function. It describes different modes for file operations: 'w' for writing, 'a' for appending, and 'r' for reading. Examples are provided for creating a file, writing to it, appending content, and reading from it.

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Slide 11 - File Handling

The document explains file handling in C programming, detailing how to create, open, read, and write to files using the FILE pointer and fopen() function. It describes different modes for file operations: 'w' for writing, 'a' for appending, and 'r' for reading. Examples are provided for creating a file, writing to it, appending content, and reading from it.

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File Handling

Md. Muktar Hossain


File Handling
Create, Open, Read, and Write to files by declaring a pointer of type FILE, and
use the fopen() function.
FILE *fptr;
fptr = fopen(filename, mode);

Parameter Description
filename The name of the actual file you want to open (or create), like
[Link]
mode A single character, which represents what you want to do with the
file (read, write or append):
w - Writes to a file
a - Appends new data to a file
r - Reads from a file
Create a File
To create a file, you can use the w mode inside the fopen() function.

The w mode is used to write to a file. However, if the file does not exist, it will
create one for you.

FILE *fptr;

// Create a file
fptr = fopen("[Link]", "w");

// Close the file


fclose(fptr);
Write To a File
FILE *fptr;

// Open a file in writing mode


fptr = fopen("[Link]", "w");

// Write some text to the file


fprintf(fptr, "Some text");

// Close the file


fclose(fptr);
Write To a File
FILE *fptr;

// Open a file in writing mode


fptr = fopen("[Link]", "w");

// Write some text to the file


fprintf(fptr, "Hello World!");

// Close the file


fclose(fptr);
Append Content To a File
FILE *fptr;

// Open a file in append mode


fptr = fopen("[Link]", "a");

// Append some text to the file


fprintf(fptr, "\nHi everybody!");

// Close the file


fclose(fptr);
Read a File
Need to create a string that should be big enough to store the content of the
file.
FILE *fptr;
// Open a file in read mode where to store the file content
fptr = fopen("[Link]", "r");
// Store the content of the file maximum size of data to read
char myString[100]; a file pointer that is used to
// Read the content and store it inside myString read the file
fgets(myString, 100, fptr);
// Print the file content
printf("%s", myString);
// Close the file
fclose(fptr);
References

1. [Link]

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