#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *fp;
long n;
char c;
fp = fopen("RANDOM", "w");
while((c = getchar()) != EOF)
putc(c,fp);
printf("No. of characters entered = %ld\n", ftell(fp));
fclose(fp);
fp = fopen("RANDOM","r");
n = 0L;
while(feof(fp) == 0)
{
fseek(fp, n, 0); /* Position to (n+1)th character */
printf("Position of %c is %ld\n", getc(fp),ftell(fp));
n = n+5L;
}
putchar('\n');
fseek(fp,-1L,2); /* Position to the last character */
do
{
putchar(getc(fp));
}
while(!fseek(fp,-2L,1));
fclose(fp);
}
Output
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^Z
No. of characters entered = 26
Position of A is 0
Position of F is 5
Position of K is 10
Position of P is 15
Position of U is 20
Position of Z is 25
Position of is 30
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA