"%*d|%s|%*s|%s|%*d|%*s|%*d|%*s|%*s|%*f|%*f|%*s|%*s|%*f|%*f"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define FLDW   32   /* max field width */
#define MAXC 1024   /* max chars in line */

int main (int argc, char **argv) {

    char buf[MAXC],     /* line buffer */
        name[FLDW],     /* storage for name */
        state[FLDW];    /* storage for state */

    /* use filename provided as 1st argument (stdin by default) */
    FILE *fp = argc > 1 ? fopen (argv[1], "r") : stdin;

    if (!fp) {  /* validate file open for reading */
        perror ("file open failed");
        return 1;
    }

    while (fgets (buf, MAXC, fp)) { /* read each line of input */
        /* parse 2nd & 4th fields as strings - you don't care about rest */
        if (sscanf (buf, "%*d|%31[^|]|%*[^|]|%31[^|]", name, state) == 2) {
            buf[strcspn (buf, "n")] = 0;   /* trim n from buf */
            /* output line with parsed name and state to right */
            printf ("%s  =>  name: %s, state: %sn", buf, name, state);
        }
    }
    if (fp != stdin) fclose (fp);   /* close file if not stdin */

    return 0;
}

$ ./bin/fgetssscanf dat/field15pipes.txt
01|8a|0b|6c|82|1d|33|5e|4f|7.|0.|4g|3h|7.|5.  =>  name: 8a, state: 6c
01|9a|5b|0c|42|1d|93|3e|9f|8.|0.|5g|4h|6.|5.  =>  name: 9a, state: 0c
01|4a|5b|7c|22|0d|23|1e|1f|7.|2.|1g|5h|7.|7.  =>  name: 4a, state: 7c
01|8a|2b|5c|72|1d|53|6e|2f|1.|1.|8g|0h|7.|6.  =>  name: 8a, state: 5c
11|4a|6b|5c|92|2d|73|0e|6f|4.|2.|2g|7h|2.|4.  =>  name: 4a, state: 5c
01|2a|6b|0c|02|1d|83|0e|2f|5.|2.|9g|4h|3.|8.  =>  name: 2a, state: 0c
31|1a|0b|0c|72|2d|13|3e|3f|9.|0.|2g|5h|6.|9.  =>  name: 1a, state: 0c
01|8a|3b|7c|92|1d|93|3e|9f|6.|1.|4g|4h|8.|3.  =>  name: 8a, state: 7c
11|1a|4b|7c|42|2d|73|0e|5f|7.|0.|0g|5h|1.|7.  =>  name: 1a, state: 7c
21|8a|6b|9c|22|2d|23|2e|1f|9.|0.|1g|6h|6.|8.  =>  name: 8a, state: 9c