#include #include #include #include // Conditionals const bool IS_DEBUG = true; // Constants const unsigned int BUFFER_SIZE = 2048; const unsigned int FIELD_SIZE = 20; const char CSV_DELIMITERS[] = ","; // Globals char** CSV_HEADER_FIELDS; unsigned int CSV_NB_FIELDS; void display_header() { for(unsigned int i = 0; i < CSV_NB_FIELDS; i++) { printf("%d - %s\n", i, CSV_HEADER_FIELDS[i]); } } void read_csv_header(char * header_line) { int line_length = strlen(header_line); int nb_fields = 0; char* string_ptr = header_line; // Count the occurrences of delimiters while (NULL != string_ptr) { nb_fields++; string_ptr = strpbrk(string_ptr, CSV_DELIMITERS); if (NULL != string_ptr) { string_ptr++; } } // Globals allocation CSV_NB_FIELDS = nb_fields; CSV_HEADER_FIELDS = malloc( nb_fields * sizeof(char*) ); char* token = strtok(header_line, CSV_DELIMITERS); // strtok init. // Re-read the line to get the header of the columns for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nb_fields; i++) { CSV_HEADER_FIELDS[i] = malloc( FIELD_SIZE * sizeof(char) ); // alloc memset(CSV_HEADER_FIELDS[i], 0, FIELD_SIZE); // 0 init. strcpy(CSV_HEADER_FIELDS[i], token); // copy field in the structure token = strtok(NULL, CSV_DELIMITERS); // loop to get a new field label } if (IS_DEBUG) display_header(); } void read_csv_file(const char * filename) { FILE* fp = fopen(filename, "r"); char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE]; // Check if the file is really opened if (NULL == fp) { fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open file: %s\n", filename); return; } // 1st row is a header with field descriptions fgets(buffer, BUFFER_SIZE, fp); read_csv_header(buffer); // Remaining rows are the entries while ( NULL != fgets(buffer, BUFFER_SIZE, fp) ) { char* token; unsigned int i = 0; // strtok init. token = strtok(buffer, CSV_DELIMITERS); while (NULL != token) { if (IS_DEBUG) printf("Field %d is %s\n", i++, token); // ... // you can strcpy the `token` string in your data structures // ... token = strtok(NULL, CSV_DELIMITERS); } } fclose(fp); } void usage(const char * prog_name) { printf("Usage is %s your_csv_file\n\n", prog_name); } int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { if (2 != argc) { usage(argv[0]); return 0; } read_csv_file(argv[1]); for(unsigned int i = 0; i < CSV_NB_FIELDS; i++) { free(CSV_HEADER_FIELDS[i]); } free(CSV_HEADER_FIELDS); return 0; }