#include "stdio.h"
#include "string.h"

char *staticTabs(int nTabs)
{
  static char szTabs[32];
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < nTabs; i++)
    szTabs[i] = '\t';
  szTabs[i] = 0;
  return szTabs;
}

int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
  if (argc < 3)
    printf("Syntax: list2txt <infile> <outfile>");
  FILE *pIn = NULL;
  FILE *pOut = NULL;
  if (!(pIn = fopen(argv[1], "rb")))
    printf("Could not open %s.", argv[1]);
  if (!(pOut = fopen(argv[2], "wb")))
    printf("Could not open %s.", argv[2]);

  if (pIn && pOut)
  {
    int nTabLevel = 0;
    bool bInString = false;
    while(!feof(pIn))
    {
      char cIn;
      char szOut[32];
      if (!fread(&cIn, 1, 1, pIn)) continue;
      switch (cIn)
      {
      case ' ':
        if (!bInString)
          szOut[0] = 0;
        else
          strcpy(szOut, " ");
        break;
      case '\"':
        {
//          if (bInString)
//          {
            
//          }
          bInString = !bInString;
          strcpy(szOut, "\"");
        }
        break;
      case '\\':
        {
          fread(&cIn, 1, 1, pIn);
          szOut[0] = '\\';
          szOut[1] = cIn;
          szOut[2] = 0;
        }
        break;
      case ',':
        if (!bInString)
        {
          strcpy(szOut, ",\n");
          strcat(szOut, staticTabs(nTabLevel));
        }
        else
          strcpy(szOut, ",");
        break;
      case '{':
        {
          nTabLevel++;
          strcpy(szOut, "{\n");
          strcat(szOut, staticTabs(nTabLevel));
        }
        break;
      case '}':
        {
          nTabLevel--;
          strcpy(szOut, "\n");
          strcat(szOut, staticTabs(nTabLevel));
          strcat(szOut, "}");
//          strcat(szOut, "}\n");
//          strcat(szOut, staticTabs(nTabLevel));
        }
        break;
// parse in/out of strings, tabs      
      case 13: // fall through
      case 10: szOut[0] = 0; break;
      
      default:
        szOut[0] = cIn;
        szOut[1] = 0;
      }
      fwrite(szOut, 1, strlen(szOut), pOut);
      printf(szOut);
    }
  }

  if (pIn)
    fclose(pIn);
  if (pOut)
    fclose(pOut);
  return 0;
}
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