Thread: How do I remove a specific character.. when finished reading a file..

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    Thumbs up How do I remove a specific character.. when finished reading a file..

    Brief history about me.
    Hey, Kind of Noob and started programming recently.

    My situation
    I have file that has content written as:

    Code:
    25_Cents 15_Cents 40_Cents
    14_Inches 6_Inches 18_Inches
    Cricket Rugby Football
    In_the_east  In_the_north In_the_south
    Stupid Idiot Nothing
    60_Years 72_Years 90_Years
    South_Pole West_Pole East_Pole
    How Would I remove the _ (Underscore) so they appear as:

    25 Cents 15 Cents 40 Cents
    When I print them onto screen..

    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by Swadesh; 04-18-2012 at 04:47 PM.

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    Take the Input line by line into std::string objects with the std::getline function.
    Then apply this standard algorithm:
    Code:
    std::replace_if(foo.begin(),foo.end(), [](char x){return x=='_';} ,' ');
    ..where foo is your string.

    If your compiler does not support C++11, just use a normal loop.
    Code:
    for(int i=0;i<foo.length();++i)
        if(foo[i]=='_')foo[i]=' ';

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    what if I am storing file contents in such way... How would I do it then:

    Code:
    while (!fakeans.eof())   
     {
            for (int i=0; i<MAXQUES; i++)
            {
                fakeans >> questions[i].FakeAnswer1 >> questions[i].FakeAnswer2 >> questions[i].FakeAnswer3;
            
            }
     }
    
        fakeans.close();

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swadesh View Post
    what if I am storing file contents in such way...
    Get the underscores into a char variable and forget about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manasij7479 View Post
    Get the underscores into a char variable and forget about it.
    Could you elaborate more please.., am quiet a noob

    Thanks
    Last edited by Swadesh; 04-18-2012 at 05:56 PM.

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    Hey manasij7479
    The first method you said works well, doesnt matter if I am getting line or using the >> operators

    Thanks

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