Thread: Search and replace coding....

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    Talking Search and replace coding....

    Thanks in advance for any help guys. This is a GREAT board to learn things from. I am looking to make a program that takes multiple pictures, and add them to multiple web pages randomly.

    I want to use the fstream object to read the html file( a template), and have some flag in the html file be replaced with a picture location, and then write the html file to a predetirmined destination file.

    Essentially, all I need to know is if anyone has any idea how to scan a file for the flag to replace.

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    fstream components...


    ...

    fstream outs;

    while (!outs.eof())
    {
    outs.get(character);
    if (character == control_character)
    {
    ...perform desired operations
    } // end if
    } // endl while

    ....
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    Thanks man, I'll give it a whirl.

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    *.put(char) writes to a file and increments the cursor. So you use *.get(char) to step you through the file character by character searching for your control character (or several control characters with embedded 'if' statements). Once you find what you need, you *.put() whatever you want to put into the file. I am not sure that .put() will take an array as an arguement. If such was the case you could use a null terminated array to output a string. It is possible to step through the array yourself as well and loop the .put() statment so that each character is placed anyway.... good luck
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    Cool

    Just so ya know. That worked GREAT man! Thanks for the help. You are a lifesaver.

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