example.c

struct star {
    float BTmag,
    float VTmag,
    int Plx,
    int Plx_err
}

void main() {
    const char *source_holder = "H|000.00996534|-40.59122440| |   2.87|    2.53|    9.07|  0.64|  0.61|  1.11|  0.67|  0.74| 0.10| 0.24| 0.06| 0.26|-0.10| 0.20|-0.16|-0.30|-0.19| 0.06|  0|-1.24|     5| 9.693|0.014| 8.656|0.010| | 0.902|0.013|T|0.90|0.01|L| | 8.7077|0.0018|0.019|161| | 8.68| 8.74|       | | | |          | |  | 1| | | |  |   |       |     |     |    | | | |224705|          |C-41 15372|P-41  9991|0.95|G8III       |2 
H|           6| |00 00 04.35|+03 56 47.4|12.31| |";

    struct star hp;
    
    sscanf(source_holder, "%*c|%12f|%12f|%*c|%*7f|%*8f|%*8f|%*6f|%*6f|%*6f|%*6f|%*6f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%*5f|%3d|%*5f|%6d|%*6f|%*5f|%*6f|%*5f|%*c|%*6f|%*5f|%*c|%*4f|%*4f|%*c|%*c|%*7f|%*6f|%*5f|%*3d|%*c|%*5f|%*5f|%*7f|%*c|%*1d|%*c|%*5d%*5d|%*c|%*2d|%*2d|%*c|%*c|%*c|%*2c|%*3c|%*7c|%*5c|%*5c|%*4c|%*c|%*c|%*c|%*6d|%*c%*3d %*5d|%*c%*3d %*5d|%*c%*3d %*5d|%*4f|%*12c|%*c%*c%*c|%*12d|%*c|%*2d %*2d %*5f|%*3d %*2d %*4f|%*5f|%*1d|",
        &hp.BTmag, &hp.VTmag, &hp.Plx, &hp.Plx_err);
}