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The Rekrab answered on March 9, 2021 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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// METHOD 1 (The quicker method):
FILE* file_ptr = fopen("myfile.txt", "r");
fseek(file_ptr, 0, SEEK_END);
long size = ftell(file_ptr);
// Don't forget to go back to the start of the file!
fseek(file_ptr, 0, SEEK_SET);
fclose(file_ptr);

// METHOD 2 (The better method):

#include <sys/stat.h> // This is included on your computer by default

char filename[] = "myfile.txt";
struct stat s;
int result = stat(filename, &s);
// stat() may return a -1 which means that there was an error.
if (result == -1) {
  puts("There was an error getting file info");
  exit(-1);
}
printf("The file is %f megabytes.\n", sb.st_size / 1000000);
// I converted bytes to megabytes for easier-to-read results.

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Contributed on Aug 19 2022

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FILE *fp = fopen("example.txt", "r");
fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
int size = ftell(fp);

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FILE *fp = fopen("file.txt", "w+");
fseek(fp,0,SEEK_END);
int size = ftell(fp) + 1; // we have to account for the 0th position in the file

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