If I have a pair of long functions:

```
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void writeData()
{
    FILE *fp; int someVar1 = 1; int someVar2 = 2; int someVar3 = 3;

    fp = fopen("results.dat", "a");     // open file

    if (fp == NULL) {
        printf("I couldn't open results.dat for appending.\n");
        exit(0);
    }

    fprintf(fp, "%d\n", someVar1);   // write to file
    fprintf(fp, "%d\n", someVar2);   // write to file
    fprintf(fp, "%d\n", someVar3);   // write to file
    fclose(fp);                     // and close
}

void readData()
{
    FILE *fp; int someVar1, someVar2, someVar3;

    fp = fopen("results.dat", "r");     // open file for reading
    if (fp == NULL) {
        printf("I couldn't open results.dat for reading.\n");
        exit(0);
    }

    fscanf(fp, "%d\n", &someVar1);       // read from file
    fscanf(fp, "%d\n", &someVar2);       // read from file
    fscanf(fp, "%d\n", &someVar3);       // read from file

    fclose(fp);     // and close

    printf("someVar: %d %d %d\n", someVar1, someVar2, someVar3);
}

int main(void)
{
    writeData();
    readData();

    return 0;
}

```

Is there a way I can (ab)use the preprocessor to avoid duplicating read and write code? In other words, is there a way to generate pairs of `fprintf(fp, "%d\n", someVar)` and `fprintf(fp, "%d\n", someVar)` in the `write()` and `read()` functions respectively?

**EDIT**: this could equally apply to allocating/deallocating a whole load of memory, e.g. <http://pastebin.com/wdAnHfWx>. Basically any task which has a lot of code repetition between two complementary, but simple functions.