file_skip_words

Synopsis

file_skip_words (file, offset, nwords)

Description

The file_skip_words object returns the offset in bytes of a location after skipping nwords in an ASCII file . The words must be separated by spaces.

Parameters

file

Object of type FILE.file that identifies the file that will be accessed. Note that this is not a string holding the filename. See the example.

offset

int. Specifies, in bytes, an offset from the beginning of the file.

nwords

int. number of words to skip

Example

To read the third integer on line 10 in the ASCII file, data :

file data_file {
name = "data";
};

/* skips 9 lines */
int line_offset=> file_skip_lines (data_file, 0, 9);
int offset => file_skip_words(data_file, line_offset, 2);
int value => file_scalar_ascii(file_file , offset, 3)

Additional Examples

v/dv_examp/file_ucd.v
v/dv_examp/file_unif.v

File

v/file.v

See also related modules

File Objects Overview

file_array_ascii

file_find_expr

file_obj

file_obj bin

file_scalar_ascii

file_skip_lines

file_skip_words