getline() help
ok guys ive got the output and input all down well to a degree, but my problem now is that when im trying to use getline and fstream to bring in from the file im getting the first full line, and i know thats what getline is saposed to do and all, but now im just wondering if theres a way to bring the entire file or change getline so it brings in line 2, then 3 so on. anyways thanks guys
Post some code and let us see what you've got. Letting us tear it apart is a lot easier than having us guess at what you've written and give you suggestions that may or may not be helpful.
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> give you suggestions that may or may not be helpful
Like this one: use getline in a loop and just add to the data each time.
1) You need to work on your terminology:
"...im trying to use getline and fstream to bring in from the file..."
It's known as 'reading' from the file.
"..im just wondering if theres a way to bring the entire file..."
In that case, you would say: "I want to 'read in' the whole file.
2) getline() has a third parameter, which is called a 'delimiter'. The default delimiter is '\n', which is an invisible character at the end of the lines in your file that is put there when you hit the Enter key. You can change that delimiter to anything you want:
getline(inFile, str, '#');
In that case, getline will read from your input file until it encounters a '#' character. You can either put one of those at the end of the file(or omit it altogether) and getline will read in your whole file.
3)You can use the getline() statement you are currently using and create a loop to read in one line at a time until you hit the end of the file. You can detect the end of the file like this:bring the entire file or change getline so it brings in line 2, then 3 so on
while(! inFile.eof())
Try this.
Code:#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { string filename = "filename.txt"; ifstream in( filename.c_str() ); if ( !in.is_open() ) { cout << "Unable to open file: " << filename; return 1; } string line; while ( getline ( in, line ) ) { //Process line } }
ok, im still stuck i wanna use the this code to set the delimiter at the end of my file
i think it would be the fastest way to get the results im looking forCode:getline(inFile, str, '#');
ok so basicly this is ALL i want my program to do right now
1.open a .txt file on c:
2.enter in my full name and address on two different lines
3.read in all text on the file that it just made
and like he said im trying to set the delimiter to "#" so that i can slap that on the end of any text file and getline will be able to read the entire file in..
so if you guys can help me out on this or how to use that line of code right that would help alot!
Post what you have. If you are writing and reading to your file in the same program, you have to remember to close() the file after you write to it.
I posted something in this post that reads the entire file into either a string or stringstream container.Originally Posted by AndyBomstad
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ok heres what im writing
now at the end i want to use the delimiter thing he was talking about so that it will read in all that the file has in it up to the #Code:#include <iostream> #include <string> #include <fstream> using namespace std; char file[100]; char name[50]; char addr[50]; void main() { ofstream fileout; ifstream filein; fileout.open("h:/text.txt",ios::app); cin.getline(name,sizeof(name)); cin.getline(addr,sizeof(addr)); fileout<<name<<endl; fileout<<addr<<endl; fileout<<"#"; fileout.close(); filein.open("h:/text.txt",ios::app); //LOST AFTER HERE }
1)sizeof(name) will give you the number of bytes for the whole array. Since each element will be occupy several bytes, the total number of bytes is not the same as the number of elements. Typically whats done is to divide the total number of bytes by the number of bytes for one element:
sizeof(name)/sizeof(name[0])
EDIT***
Sorry, the way you used sizeof() will give you the number of elements for a char array.
2)//LOST AFTER HERE
Create a variable to hold the data. A string variable is an easy one to use since it doesn't require that you list a size. Then use filein to read data into the variable:
filein>>
EDIT***
That will read one word into the file, so if you want to read in the whole file, you can use a form of getline() for strings. If you were getting input from the console you would do this:
string str;
getline(cin, str, '#');
Since you want to get your input from the file, just substitute filein for cin.
Last edited by 7stud; 02-17-2005 at 02:57 PM.
