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<h3 class="subsection">3.3.3 Formatted Input</h3>

<p>Some functions relating to the input of text files or data files with
preambles are declared in the header file &lsquo;<tt>formin.h</tt>&rsquo;. The usage of
these functions is as follows.
</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="index-avm_005fpreamble_005fand_005fcontents"></a><u>Function:</u> list <b>avm_preamble_and_contents</b><i> (FILE *<var>source</var>, char *<var>filename</var>)</i></dt>
<dd><p>This function loads a file of either text or data format into memory.
</p>
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<dt> <code><var>source</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>should be initialized by the caller as the address of a file
already open for reading that will be read from its current position.
</p></dd>
<dt> <code><var>filename</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>should be set by the caller to the address of a null terminated
character string giving the name of the file that will be used if an i/o
error message needs to be written about it. If it is a <code>NULL</code>
pointer, standard input is assumed.
</p></dd>
</dl>

<p>The result returned by the function will be a list whose <code>head</code>
<a name="index-preamble-6"></a>
represents the preamble of the file and whose <code>tail</code> represents the
contents. As a side effect, the input file will be closed, unless the
<code><var>filename</var></code> parameter is <code>NULL</code>.
</p>
<p>If the file conforms to the format described in <a href="File-Format.html#File-Format">File Format</a>, the
preamble is a list of character strings. In the result returned by the
function, the <code>head</code> field will be a list with one item for each
line in the file, and each item will be a list of character
representations as in <a href="Character-Table.html#Character-Table">Character Table</a>, but with the leading hashes
stripped. The <code>tail</code> will be the list specified by remainder of the
file according to <a href="Concrete-Syntax.html#Concrete-Syntax">Concrete Syntax</a>.  If the file has an empty
preamble but is nevertheless a data file, the <code>head</code> will be a list
whose <code>head</code> and <code>tail</code> are both <code>NULL</code>.
</p>
<p>If the file does not conform to the format in <a href="File-Format.html#File-Format">File Format</a>, then
the <code>head</code> of the result will be <code>NULL</code>, and the <code>tail</code>
will be a list of lists of character representations, with one for each
line. 
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<p>Whether or not the file conforms to the format is determined on the fly,
so this function is useful for situations in which the format is not
known in advance. The conventions regarding the preamble and contents
maintained by this function are the same as those used by virtual code
applications as described in <a href="Standard-Output-Representation.html#Standard-Output-Representation">Standard Output Representation</a> and
<a href="Input-Data-Structure.html#Input-Data-Structure">Input Data Structure</a>.
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<p>The characters used for line breaks are not explicitly represented in
<a name="index-line-breaks-1"></a>
the result. Depending on the host system, line breaks in text files may
be represented either by the character code 10, or by the sequence 13
10. However, in order for the library to deal with binary files in a
portable way, a line break always corresponds to a 10 as far as this
function is concerned regardless of the host, and a 13 is treated like
any other character. Hence, if this function were used on binary files
that happened to have some 10s in them, the exact contents of a
file could be reconstructed easily by appending a 10 to all but the last
line and flattening the list.
</p>
<p>A considerable amount of memory may need to be allocated by this
function in order to store the file as a list. If not enough memory is
available, the function prints an error message to standard error and
aborts rather than returning to the caller. However, i/o errors are not
fatal, and will cause the function to print a warning but attempt to
continue.
</p></dd></dl>
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<dt><a name="index-avm_005fload"></a><u>Function:</u> list <b>avm_load</b><i> (FILE *<var>source</var>, char *<var>filename</var>, int <var>raw</var>)</i></dt>
<dd><p>Similarly to <code>avm_preamble_and_contents</code>, this function also loads
a file into memory, but the format is specified in advance.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt> <code><var>source</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>should be set by the caller to the address of an already open file for
reading, which will be read from its current position.
</p></dd>
<dt> <code><var>filename</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>should be initialized by the caller as a pointer to a null terminated
string containing the name of the file that will be reported to the user
in the event of an error reading from it. If it is a <code>NULL</code>
pointer, standard input is assumed.
</p></dd>
<dt> <code><var>raw</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>is set to a non-zero value by the caller to indicate that the file is
expected to conform to the format in <a href="File-Format.html#File-Format">File Format</a>. If the file is
an ordinary text file, then it should be set to zero.
</p></dd>
</dl>

<p>In the case of a data file, which is when <code><var>raw</var></code> is non-zero,
the result returned by this function will be a list representing the
data section of the file and ignoring the preamble. In the case of a
text file, the result will be a list of lists of character
representations as per <a href="Character-Table.html#Character-Table">Character Table</a>, with one such list for
each line in the file. Similar comments about line breaks to those
mentioned under <code>avm_preamble_and_contents</code> are applicable.
</p>
<p>As a side effect of this function, the <code><var>source</var></code> file will be
closed, unless the <code><var>filename</var></code> is a <code>NULL</code> pointer.
</p>
<p>This function is useful when the type of file is known in advance. If a
data file is indicated by the <code><var>raw</var></code> parameter but the format
is incorrect, an error message is reported and the process
terminates. The error message will be of the form
</p>
<table><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><pre class="display"><code><var>program-name</var>: invalid raw file format in <var>filename</var></code>
</pre></td></tr></table>

<p>Alternatively, if a text file is indicated by the
<a name="index-invalid-raw-file-format-2"></a>
<code><var>raw</var></code> parameter, then no attempt is made to test whether it
could be interpreted as data, even if it could be. This behavior differs
from that of <code>avm_preamble_and_contents</code>, where a bad data
file format causes the file to be treated as text, and a valid data file
format, even in a &ldquo;text&rdquo; file, causes it to be treated as data.
</p>
<p>Memory requirements for this function are significant and will cause the
process to abort with an error message in the event of insufficient free
memory. Messages pertaining to i/o errors are also possible and are not
fatal.
</p></dd></dl>
<dl>
<dt><a name="index-avm_005finitialize_005fformin"></a><u>Function:</u> void <b>avm_initialize_formin</b><i> ()</i></dt>
<dd><p>This function should be called before either of the other functions in
this section is called, as it initializes some necessary static data
structures. Results of the other functions are undefined if this one is
not called first.
</p></dd></dl>
<dl>
<dt><a name="index-avm_005fcount_005fformin"></a><u>Function:</u> void <b>avm_count_formin</b><i> ()</i></dt>
<dd><p>This function should be called after the last call to any of the other
functions in this section, as it is necessary for cleaning up and
reclaiming some internal data. If any storage remains unreclaimed due to
memory leaks in these functions or to misuse of them, a warning message
is written to standard error. If the function <code>avm_count_lists</code> is
also being used by the client program, it should be called after this
one.
</p></dd></dl>

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