help with a form letter program

Hey, could somebody help me out on this certain aspect of a form letter. I have a file like this:

Dear <NAME>, I was writing you to remind you that you owe <AMOUNT> by <DATE>.....etc.

I also have a file with the values for those symbols.

Question is, what string function do I use to replace <SYMBOL> with the actual value??

Use the string search to look for < then store the posistion, then start from that posistion and search for >. this gives you the string of letters that is needed. copy the string found into a temporary string, and search the file with the values for the temporary string , then replace the <whatever> with the value from the file.

Gr3g

Does the text always have that exact format?

No, the text doesn't always have the same format but the parameters that were given are:

1. No letter variable will be used more than once in a line
2. No line will be longer than 80 characters.

I'm still not ultra clear on your instructions, can you try to clarify a little?

Thanks.

Code:

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cout<<"Dear "<<name<<" you owe us "<<amout<<" by "<<date<<endl;

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the name, amount, and date a variables just delcare them before.

1 open letter file
2 read the letter file until you find a <. read all the letters after the < into a string until you find a >.
3 open the file containing the values of the <something> search that file for the string you got in step 2. when the string is found put its value into a string
4 go back to the oroginal file with the letter. delete the <something> statement and replace it with the string gotten in step 3
5 repeat until no < are found


Gr3g

OK Thank you, could you please tell me which function I should use to delete the <something> and replace it with the value.

i dont rememeber, there might be a backspace ascii, but i forgot... ask someone else ;)

Greg

somebody??

anybody???? Pleeeeaaaasse!!!

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