#include unsigned char image_array[256*256]; // 256*256 = 64kB int main() { int i; int a; FILE *image; image = fopen("image_cameraman_tiff.txt","r"); if(image == NULL) { printf("Open failed\n"); return; } for(i=0;i<5;i++) { fscanf(image, "%d", &a); image_array[i] = (unsigned char)a; } }