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void get_field(void);     // get the next field in the line
                          // puts into variable  :  field
                          // assumes that fields are separated
                          // by commas

#include <fstream.h>             // for file i/o

#define MAX_CHAR 80              // maximum number of characters per input line

char field[MAX_CHAR];            // temporary, current field
char tmp[MAX_CHAR];              // temporary, the entire line read in
int  start;                      // temporary, place to start looking for
                                 // the next field in the line


#define MAX_FIELDS 20            // maximum number of fields

int     numFields;               // actual number of fields

CString tableName;               // table name

CString fieldName[MAX_FIELDS];   // names of the fields

int     fieldCode[MAX_FIELDS];   // 0 = int   1 = float    2 = CString

// first ... read the definition file

ifstream infile;
infile.open("test1.txt");

numFields = 0;

infile.getline(tmp,MAX_CHAR);
start = 0;
get_field();
tableName = field;


while (!infile.eof())
{
    infile.getline(tmp,MAX_CHAR);
    if (infile.eof()) break;
    start = 0;
    get_field();
    fieldName[numFields] = field;

    get_field();
    CString fieldType;

    fieldType = field;
    fieldType.MakeLower();
    fieldType.TrimLeft();
    fieldType.TrimRight();

    if (fieldType == "integer") fieldCode[numFields] = 0;
    if (fieldType == "float")   fieldCode[numFields] = 1;
    if (fieldType == "string")  fieldCode[numFields] = 2;

    numFields++;

}
infile.close();

// next ... read the value file
// (open an output file to make sure we are reading correctly)

infile.open("test2.txt");

ofstream outfile;
outfile.open("test3.txt");

int num_records = 0;

while (!infile.eof())
{


    infile.getline(tmp,MAX_CHAR);
            if (infile.eof()) break;
    outfile << "record number : " << num_records << "\n";
    start = 0;

    for (int i=0; i<numFields; i++)
    {
        get_field();

        CString field_string;
        field_string = field;

        float   value_float;
        int     value_int;
        CString value_cstring;

        if (fieldCode[i] == 0)
        {
            value_int     = atoi(field_string);
            outfile << "    " << fieldName[i] << " : " << value_int << "\n";
        }
        if (fieldCode[i] == 1)
        {
            value_float   = (float)atof(field_string);
            outfile << "    " << fieldName[i] << " : " << value_float << "\n";
        }
        if (fieldCode[i] == 2)
        {
            value_cstring = field_string;
            outfile << "    " << fieldName[i] << " : " << value_cstring << "\n";
        }

    }

    num_records++;
}
infile.close();
outfile.close();

void YOUR_CLASS::get_field()
{

	int  i;

	for (i=0; i<MAX_CHAR; i++) field[i] = NULL;

	int n = 0;
	int s = start;
	for (i=s; i<MAX_CHAR; i++)
	{
		if (tmp[i] == ',') break;
		field[n] = tmp[i];
		n++;
		start++;
	}
	start++;


}