example.c

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

void main() {
    const char *source_holder = "H|           1| |00 00 00.22|+01 05 20.4| 9.10| |H|000.00091185|+01.08901332| |   3.54|   -5.20|   -1.88|  1.32|  0.74|  1.39|  1.36|  0.81| 0.32|-0.07|-0.11|-0.24| 0.09|-0.01| 0.10|-0.01| 0.01| 0.34|  0| 0.74|     1| 9.643|0.020| 9.130|0.019| | 0.482|0.025|T|0.55|0.03|L| | 9.2043|0.0020|0.017| 87| | 9.17| 9.24|       | | | |          | |  | 1| | | |  |   |       |     |     |    |S| | |224700|B+00 5077 |          |          |0.66|F5          |S ";

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