We use fprintf() and fscanf() functions to write into the file and read from fil e respectively.

fprintf() writes the data to the text file and fscanf() reads t he data from from file. The following example illustrates the concept . Writing into the text file #include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> int main(){ FILE *fp; struct emp{ char name[40]; int age; float bs; }; struct emp e; //opening file in writing mode //this code creates a file named employ.dat if //it is not created or writes on the file if it //is already created. fp = fopen("employ.dat","w"); if(fp == NULL){ //if file is not opened puts("Cannot open file"); exit(1); } printf("\nEnter name, age and basic salary: "); scanf("%s %d %f", e.name, &e.age, &e.bs); //writes name age and basic salary to the file fprintf(fp, "%s %d %f\n", e.name, e.age, e.bs); fclose(fp); //close the file return 0; } Reading from the file

#include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> int main(){ FILE *fp; struct emp{ char name[40]; int age; float bs; }; struct emp e; //opening file in writing mode //this code try to open the employ.dat //if it is already existed and returns null //to fp it is not existed fp = fopen("employ.dat","r"); if(fp == NULL){ //if file is not opened puts("Cannot open file"); exit(1); } printf("\nThe name, age and basic salary are: "); //search the file until end of file encountered while(fscanf(fp, "%s %d %f\n", e.name, &e.age, &e.bs)!=EOF){

printf("%s %d %f\n",e.name,e.age,e.bs); } fclose(fp); //close the file return 0; }