int loadData(GJCType* menu, char* menuFile, char* submenuFile)
{
   /*pointer for malloc*/
   CategoryType *newCat, *currentCat, *prevCat;
 
 
 
   /*declaration of variables*/
   int CountNoLines = 0;
   char temp[LINE_LENGTH];
 
   /* variables for tokenizer for menu file*/
   char *catID;
   char *catType;
   char *catName;
   char *catDescription;
   char *delim;
 
   /* declare file pointers to files*/
   FILE *f1;
   FILE *f2;
 
 
   /* opening the menu and submenu for reading*/
   f1 = fopen(menuFile, "r");
   f2 = fopen(submenuFile, "r");
 
   /* check to see if the filuse exists*/
   if(f1 ==NULL || f2 == NULL)
   {
      /* check whether both files have existed or typed in correctly*/
      if(f1 == NULL && f2 == NULL)
      {
 
         printf("Both files do not exist %s %s\n",menuFile,submenuFile);
      }
      /* check for each file existance*/
      else if (f1 == NULL)
      {
         printf("%s does not exist\n\n",menuFile);
      }
      /* check for each file existance*/
      else if(f2 == NULL)
      {
         printf("%s does not exist\n\n", submenuFile);
 
      } 
      printf("EXITING PROGRAM ERROR!\n\n");
      return ERRORCODE; /* cannot proceed*/
   }
 
   /* counts how many fields there are in the file*/
   while(fgets(temp, LINE_LENGTH, f1)!=NULL)
   {
       newCat = NULL;
       prevCat = NULL;
       currentCat = NULL;
 
       newCat = malloc(sizeof(CategoryType));
 
       if(prevCat == NULL)
       {
           menu->headCategory = newCat;
       }
       else
       {
 
 
 
           prevCat->nextCategory = newCat;
 
 
 
           /* stores the catID but also checks if there
	   is a duplicate*/
 
           catID = strtok(temp, "|");
 
	   /* checking whether it tokenizez*/
	   if(catID == NULL)
	   {
	      printf("CatID missing\n");
	   }
 
	   /*checks for a duplication of the id field*/
	   if(!checkDuplicationID(menu, catID))
	   {
	      return ERRORCODE;
	   }
           /* gets the second field and tokenizez it*/
	   catType = strtok(NULL, "|");
 
	    /* checking whether it tokenizez*/
	   if(catType == NULL)
	   {
	      printf("CatType missing\n");
	   }
 
	   catName = strtok(NULL, "|");
 
	    /* checking whether it tokenizez*/
	   if(catName == NULL)
	   {
	      printf("CatName missing\n");
	   }
	   catDescription = strtok(NULL, "\0");
 
	    /* checking whether it tokenizez*/
	   if(catDescription == NULL)
	   {
	      printf("CatDescription missing\n");
	   }
 
	   /* checks the string length of the field*/
	   if((strlen(catID) >ID_LEN) ||
	      (strlen(catType) >MAX_NAME_LEN)  ||
	      (strlen(catDescription) >MAX_DESC_LEN))
 
	   {	   
 
	      printf("Wrong data format\n\n");
	      return ERRORCODE;
 
	   }
 
	   strcpy(newCat->categoryID, catID);
	   newCat->drinkType = catType[0];
	   strcpy(newCat->categoryName, catName);
	   strcpy(newCat->categoryDescription, catDescription);
 
 
 
	   newCat -> nextCategory = NULL;
	   newCat->headItem = NULL;
	   newCat->numItems = 0;
	   prevCat = newCat;
 
	   currentCat = menu->headCategory;
 
	}/* end of if else used to tokenize and copy variables
	  from and into structs*/     
 
	   while(currentCat!=NULL)
	  {
	     printf("%s, %c, %s, %s", currentCat->categoryID,
	     currentCat->drinkType, currentCat->categoryName,
	     currentCat->categoryDescription);
 
	     currentCat = currentCat->nextCategory;
	  }
 
 
 
 
   } /* end of while loop*/   
 
 
 
   /* close both files after reading*/
   if(fclose(f1)!=0 || fclose(f2)!=0)
   {
      fprintf(stderr, "Error in closing files\n");
   }   
 
 
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}