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Reading from binary files in C

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> typedef struct Point { int x, y; } Point; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { Point p1 = { .x = 13, .y = -1 }; Point p2; FILE* in; FILE* out; out = fopen("point.bin", "wb"); if (out == NULL) { return 1; } size_t elements_written = fwrite(&p1, sizeof(Point), 1, out); fclose(out); if (elements_written == 0) { return 2; } in = fopen("point.bin", "rb"); if (in == NULL) { return 3; } size_t elements_read = fread(&p2, sizeof(Point), 1, in); fclose(in); if (elements_read == 0) { return 4; } printf("Point read from binary file: %d, %d\n", p2.x, p2.y); return 0; }
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