int vfscanf(FILE* stream, const char* format, va_list vlist );

#include 
#include 

void read(FILE* fp, const char * format, ... )
{
    va_list args;
    va_start (args, format);
    vfscanf (fp, format, args);
    va_end (args);
}

int main ()
{
    char myFriends[5][20] = {"Robert", "Syd", "Brian", "Eddie", "Ray"};
    FILE *fp = fopen("example.txt","w+");
    char name[20];

    for (int i=0; i<5; i++)
        fprintf(fp, "%s ", myFriends[i]);
    rewind(fp);

    printf("Here are the list of my friends\n");
    for (int i=0; i<5; i++)
    {
        read(fp, "%s ", &name);
        printf("%s\n", name);
    }
    
    fclose(fp);
    return 0;
}

Here are the list of my friends
Robert
Syd
Brian
Eddie
Ray