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That is possible just if you are talking about fixed-length records, if not, no, you cannot.
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can we get the number of records in the file without iterating fread? thanks
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can we get the number of records in the file without iterating fread? thanks

That is possible just if you are talking about fixed-length records, if not, no, you cannot.

can we get the number of records in the file without iterating with fread...

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