12  economic10
13  science5
14  music1
15  physics9
16  chemistry9
17  history2
18  anatomy7
19  physiology7
20  literature3
21  fiction3
16  chemistry7
14  music10
20  literature1

#include <stdio.h>

#define NAME_MAX 64

int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
    FILE * file = fopen("foo.txt", "rb");
    unsigned int course, department;
    char name[NAME_MAX];

    while(fscanf(file, "%u %[a-z]%u", &course, name, &department) != EOF)
    {
    	// do stuff with records
    	printf("%u-%u %sn", department, course, name);
    }

    fclose(file);

    return 0;
}

DO_READ    read from file
           is END_OF_RECORD char present?
           yes: GOTO DO_PROCESS
           no : GOTO DO_READ

DO_PROCESS read into buffer
           is END_OF_FILE mark present?
           yes: GOTO DOSOMETHINGWITHIT
           no:  GOTO DO_PROCESS

// binaryFile.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define BUFSIZE 64
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
  FILE *f;
  char  buf[BUFSIZE+1];

  // create dummy bin file
  f = fopen("temp.bin","wb");
  if (f)
  { // not writing all the data, just a few examples
   sprintf(buf,"%04d%s0",12,"economic10"); fwrite(buf,sizeof(char),strlen(buf)+1,f);
   sprintf(buf,"%04d%s0",13,"science5"); fwrite(buf,sizeof(char),strlen(buf)+1,f);
   sprintf(buf,"%04d%s0",14,"music1"); fwrite(buf,sizeof(char),strlen(buf)+1,f);
   sprintf(buf,"%04d%s0",15,"physics9"); fwrite(buf,sizeof(char),strlen(buf)+1,f);
   fclose(f);
  }
  // read dummy bin file
  f = fopen("temp.bin","rb");
  if (f)
  {
   int classID;
   char str[64];
   char *pData
   long offset = 0;
   do
   {
    fseek(f,offset,SEEK_SET);
    pData = fgets(buf,BUFSIZE,f);
    if (pData)
    {  sscanf(buf,"%04d%s",&classID,&str);
       printf("%dt%srn",classID,str);
       offset +=strlen(pData)+1;    // record + 1 null character
     }
    } while(pData);
    fclose(f);
   }
   getchar();
   return 0;
}