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struct Material {
float temperature; 
float density; 
float viscosity; 
};

typedef Material* MATERIAL;

MATERIAL* g_ptrMaterial; //global variable


void ReadFile (char* filePath)
{
	vector<string> Tokens;
	int i = 0;
	string val;
	char c;

	ifstream file(filePath); //instantiate and open file
	
	if (!file.fail())
	{
		//cout << "Enter to begin...";
		//cin >> c;
		//cout << "Reading from File ...";
		g_numberOfRows = getNumberOfRows(file); //gets number of readings
		g_ptrMaterial = new MATERIAL[g_numberOfRows];

		getline(file, g_fileHeader); //remove column headers i.e. Temperature, Density, etc


		while (getline(file, val))
		{
			g_ptrMaterial[i] = (MATERIAL) malloc(sizeof(MATERIAL));
			
			Tokens = GetTokens(val);
			
			if (!Tokens.empty())
			{
				//convertToFloat: converts string type to float type
                                g_ptrMaterial[i]->temperature = convertToFloat(Tokens.at(0)); 	
				g_ptrMaterial[i]->density = convertToFloat(Tokens.at(1));
				g_ptrMaterial[i]->viscosity = convertToFloat(Tokens.at(2));

				i++;
			}
		}
	}
		
	else
	{
		cerr << "FILE NOT FOUND!";
		exit(1);
	}
}


//separates the input line into column readings
vector<string > GetTokens (string val)
{
	stringstream ss(val);
	string temp;
	vector<std::string > Tokens;
	
	while (ss >> temp)
	{
		Tokens.push_back(temp);
	}
	
	return Tokens;
}