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From: info AT hoekstra-uitgeverij DOT nl (Richard Bos)
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Subject: Re: String substitution to another
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:57:29 GMT
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"Mr. Veli Suorsa" <veli DOT suorsa AT surfeu DOT fi> wrote:

> Please, show me, how I can read text file and substitute one string to
> another (e.g. 'christmas card' -> 'money') and save file again to same
> name.

<http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q12.30.html>.

In short, your best bet is probably to re-write the entire file. Read a
line from one file, substitute text as necessary, rewrite line to new
file, repeat ad lib.

Note also that this:

>       gets( filename );

is an evil function, which you shouldn't use under any circumstances
excepting physical duress above the "agony" level, and that this:

>    while ( !feof( fileptr ) )
>    {
>       fgets( strline, MAXLINELEN, fileptr );

>    }

is not the best way to read a file, because:
<http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q12.2.html>.

Richard