[SOLVED] gtk_init() and fscanf

Nyquist · **Joined:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:11 am **Posts:** 11

Hi,
I'm trying to develop a gtk+ interface which needs to read float values from a file using fscanf.

I found out that if I'm going to read a file before gtk_init() everything goes well (code below):

Code:

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    FILE *fi;
    strcpy(name, argv[1]);      
    
    if ((fi=fopen(name,"r"))==NULL) 
    {
         printf("Error opening input file\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }    


    while (fscanf(fi,"%g",&y)!=EOF)
    {
        printf("%g\n",y);
        g_usleep(1000000);
    }
    
    fclose(fi);

    gtk_init(NULL,NULL);
    ...

In this first case the output reports

Code:

003
002
001

which indeed is the content of the file.

while if I put the read-code just before gtk_init() (which is actually what I need to do) as in the following code:

Code:

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    FILE *fi;

    strcpy(name, argv[1]);      
    
    if ((fi=fopen(name,"r"))==NULL) 
    {
         printf("Error opening input file\n");
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }    

    gtk_init(NULL,NULL);

    while (fscanf(fi,"%g",&y)!=EOF)
    {
        printf("%g\n",y);
        g_usleep(1000000);
    }
    
    fclose(fi);

    ...

the result is an infinite print of:

Code:

0
0
0
...

I was wondering if it's somehow related to the arguments of gtk_init(&argc,&argv);:

Thanks in advance

F1sher · **Joined:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:59 pm **Posts:** 8

Show results of printf("%p", fi) before and afte gtk_init(,)

Nyquist · **Joined:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:11 am **Posts:** 11

Before:

Code:

0x98a9700

After:

Code:

0x990e2f0

seems correct..

Nyquist · **Joined:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:11 am **Posts:** 11

Ok, I found out a solution.

It seems that the rendering of floating values in C functions for formatted input such as sscanf and fscanf, is affected by the local language set on the computer. In English countries, floating points are represented with a point while in other ones they may be written with commas. If I get it right, gtk_init() forces the rendering of floating values with local rules so that the input files with float values and points can't be parsed correctly.

Instead of using specific functions to change local parameters after gtk_init() I simply decided to change the default operative system language to Fully English. Now it works.

Sources:
http://git.xonotic.org/?p=xonotic/netra ... 45d492bd00

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