searching problem

ok i want to read a file into a buffer a line at a time, but atm the moment it reads the whole file and i am not sure how to sort this out

Code:

// Cfunctions.cpp: implementation of the functions class.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#include "functions.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Construction/Destruction
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Cfunctions::Cfunctions()
{

}

Cfunctions::~Cfunctions()
{

}

Cfunctions::Printall()
{
	system("cls");
	
	ifstream file;

	file.open("flight.txt",ios::nocreate);

	if(!file)
		{

		cout<<"UNABLE TO OPEN FILE!!"; 

		goto end; 

		} 

	while(file) 

     { 

     file.get(ch); 

		if (ch=='~')
		{
			ch=NULL;
		}
		if (ch=='%')
		{
			ch=NULL;
		}
		if (ch=='#')
		{
			ch=NULL;
		}

     cout << ch << flush;
	
     } 

	getch(); 

	end: 

	file.close(); 

	return 0;

}

int Cfunctions::Flightdetails()
{
	int length1;
	char * buffer;


	cout << "Please enter flight number" << endl;
	cin >> flightno;

	system("cls");
	
	ifstream is;

	is.open("flight.txt",ios::nocreate);

	is.seekg (0, ios::end);
	length1 = is.tellg();
	is.seekg (0, ios::beg);

	 buffer = new char [length1];
	
	 is.read (buffer,length1);

	 is.close();

	cout.write (buffer,length1);


               return 0;

}

can anyone help?

i haven't tested it, but give this a whirl. ( i'm not 100% sure it will work though). i enboldened the answer to your specific question.

Code:

int Cfunctions::Printall()
{
	system("cls"); //try to find an alternative in the faq

	ifstream file;
	file.open("flight.txt",ios::nocreate);

	if(!file)
		return -1;
	
	while(file && !file.eof()) 
	{ 
                file.get(ch); 

		switch(ch)
		{
			case '~': 
			case '%': 
			case '#':
				ch = 0;
				break; //really kind of unecessary
		}
	        cout << ch << flush;
	}			 

	file.close(); 
	getch(); 

	return 0;
}

int Cfunctions::Flightdetails()
{
	
	cout << "Please enter flight number" << endl;
	cin >> flightno;
	system("cls");

	ifstream is("flight.txt",ios::nocreate);
	if(!is)
		return -1;

	
	char buffer[500];

	while(is && !is.eof())
	{
		is.getline(buffer,500);
		cout << buffer << endl;
	}	
	is.close();

        return 0;

}

how can i get it to only read in 45 characters at a time, or 1 line of the file anyway

and it should search through the file until it finds the right line, and then print the line out

any ideas?

You use getline() to read in only 45 characters. You can also use it to read up to a delimiter like '\n'.

if i change the buffer its just staggers the output, and still displays the entire file

how can i get it to stop at a '#' symbol which is my end of line?

Use getline(), and set the delimiter equal to '#'.

ok the buffer now works, but i need it to read 1 line of characters into the buffer at a time

i need to search for a flight number, and output only the line that it appears on

That's great. I'm glad you have a thorough understanding of your problem. That's an important part of programming. So is writing code. Try the program yourself and if you get stuck, then we can help, but we're not going to write it for you.