How to shuffle 2 different text file into 1? - c

Question

#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
char temp[64];
FILE *fp1=fopen("data/1.txt","a");
FILE *fp2=fopen("data/2.txt","r");
while(fgets(temp,64,fp2)!=NULL){
fputs(temp,fp1);
}
fclose(fp1);
fclose(fp2);
return 0;
}
With such code I was able to combine 2 different text file into 1.
data/1.txt contents: abcdefghijk
data/2.txt contents: ABCDE
Outcome: abcdefghijkABCDE
However, I am struggling with shuffling 2 different text file.
Wanted result: aAbBcCdDeEfghijk
Followings are my current code.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(){
FILE *fp1,*fp2,*fp_out;
char ch1,ch2;
int result=1;
fp1=fopen("data/1.txt","r");
fp2=fopen("data/2.txt","r");
fp_out=fopen("data/out.txt","w");
//shuffling code area//
fclose(fp1);
fclose(fp2);
fclose(fp_out);
char buf[64]={};
fp_out=fopen("data/out.txt","r");
fgets(buf,64,fp_out);
if(!strncmp("aAbBcCdDeEfghijk",buf,64))
printf("PASS\n");
else
printf("FAIL\n");
fclose(fp_out);
return 0;
}
How can I design a code in "shuffling code area" in order to have outcomes like wanted result? I have thought about making 2 different FOR loops and combining but it kept showed an error.

Answer 1

This is some dirty way to do the job.
You can read the file which ever you want to write first character first and then read a character from second file and write both into third file one after the other.
Just adding extra code as per your need.
This just works for your case , not tested with many cases and corner cases.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(){
FILE *fp1,*fp2,*fp_out;
char ch1,ch2;
int result=1;
int file1_content_over = 0;
int file2_content_over = 0;
fp1 = fopen("data/1.txt","r");
fp2 = fopen("data/2.txt","r");
fp_out=fopen("data/out.txt","w");
//shuffling code area//
// read till file1_content_over or file2_content_over is not finished
while(! file1_content_over || !file2_content_over)
{
ch1 = fgetc(fp1);
ch2 = fgetc(fp2);
if(ch1 != EOF)
fputc(ch1,fp_out);
else
file1_content_over = 1;
if(ch2 != EOF)
fputc(ch2,fp_out);
else
file2_content_over = 1;
}
//shuffling code area//
fclose(fp1);
fclose(fp2);
fclose(fp_out);
char buf[64]={};
fp_out=fopen("data/out.txt","r");
fgets(buf,64,fp_out);
printf("buf = %s\n", buf);
if(!strncmp("aAbBcCdDeEfghijk",buf,strlen("aAbBcCdDeEfghijk")))
printf("PASS\n");
else
printf("FAIL\n");
fclose(fp_out);
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Working for me! Not the best optimized code, I didnt get to much time to that!
Main():
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAX 100
int removingSPaces(char array[MAX], int sizeArray);
void orderChar(char bufFile1[MAX], char bufFile2[MAX], char bufOut[MAX], int maxSize, int sizeBuf1, int sizeBuf2);
int getChar(char buf[MAX], FILE *fp);
int main(){
FILE *fp1, *fp2, *fpOut;
char bufFile1[MAX] = {0}, bufFile2[MAX] = {0}, bufOut[MAX] = {0};
int sizeBuf1 = 0, sizeBuf2 = 0;
int maxSize=0;
if((fp1=fopen("file1.txt","r")) == NULL || (fp2=fopen("file2.txt","r")) == NULL || (fpOut=fopen("fileOut.txt","w")) == NULL){
perror("");
exit(1);
}
sizeBuf1 = getChar(bufFile1, fp1); //geting the chars from file1
fclose(fp1);
sizeBuf1 = removingSPaces(bufFile1, sizeBuf1); //removing the \n if exists from chars of file1
sizeBuf2 = getChar(bufFile2, fp2); //geting the chars from file2
fclose(fp2);
sizeBuf2 = removingSPaces(bufFile2, sizeBuf2); //removing the \n if exists from chars of file2
maxSize = sizeBuf1 + sizeBuf2; //Max Size to loop for
orderChar(bufFile1, bufFile2, bufOut, maxSize, sizeBuf1, sizeBuf2); //Order the chars!
fprintf(fpOut, "%s", bufOut); //Printing to the file
fclose(fpOut);
/* COPIED FROM YOUR CODE */
char buf[64]={0}; //Just added the 0, because you cant initialize the array like with only {}
if((fpOut=fopen("fileOut.txt", "r")) == NULL){
perror("");
exit(1);
}
fgets(buf,64, fpOut);
if(!strncmp("aAbBcCdDeEfghijk", buf, 64))
printf("PASS\n");
else
printf("FAIL\n");
fclose(fpOut);
/* COPIED FROM YOUR CODE */
return 0;
}
Functions():
int removingSPaces(char array[MAX], int sizeArray){
int size = sizeArray;
if(array[sizeArray -1] == '\n'){
array[sizeArray -1] = '\0';
size = strlen(array);
}
return size;
}
int getChar(char buf[MAX], FILE *fp){
char bufAux[MAX];
int size;
while(fgets(bufAux, sizeof(bufAux), fp)){
size = strlen(bufAux);
}
strcpy(buf, bufAux);
return size;
}
void orderChar(char bufFile1[MAX], char bufFile2[MAX], char bufOut[MAX], int maxSize, int sizeBuf1, int sizeBuf2){
int positionsF1=0, positionsF2=0;
int aux = 0; //This will starts organization by the first file! If you want to change it just change to 1;
for(int i=0; i < maxSize; i++){
if(aux == 0 && positionsF1 != sizeBuf1){
bufOut[i]=bufFile1[positionsF1];
if(positionsF2!=sizeBuf2){
aux = 1;
}
positionsF1++;
}else if(aux == 1 && positionsF2 != sizeBuf2){
bufOut[i]=bufFile2[positionsF2];
if(positionsF1!=sizeBuf1){
aux = 0;
}
positionsF2++;
}
}
}
Content of file 1:
abcdefghijk
Content of file 2:
ABCDE