string i/o with files

I'm trying to figure out how to work with i/o from files.

Code:

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    char temp[100];
    ifstream accfile;
    accfile.open ("something.txt");
    accfile >> temp;
    cout << temp;

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What I'd like to do is to read a string from the file until a certain character is found and stop without reading it (or drop it) or a newline is found. I want to keep reading until the newline appears and then start reading at the next line.

cin.get was mentioned in the lecture, but I can't find any good examples through google of how to use it with a file.

I've been trying to do

Code:

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    cin.getline(accfile, 100, ';') >> temp;
    cout << temp;

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I've been getting these errors in Visual Studio:
In function `int main()':|
error: invalid conversion from `void*' to `char*'|
error: initializing argument 1 of `std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::getline(_CharT*, std::streamsize, _CharT) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]'|
||=== Build finished: 2 errors, 0 warnings ===|

Code:

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std::string line;
std::getline(std::cin, line, ';');
std::cout << line;

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Thank you, that worked. Could somebody explain why the "std::" in front is required?

Code:

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for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++)
{
    std::string line;
    std::getline(accfile, line, ';');
    std::cout << line;
}

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As you can see I have 4 seperate pieces of information in the file, each terminating with ";". How would I get it to repeat the loop on the next line in the file, until there is nothing left to read in? Would I use !cin to see that the file has ended?

Everything in the std namespace has always needed std:: in front of it. cin, cout, getline, etc. You can put using namespace std; somewhere in your code if you don't like typing.

Obviously you can't check std::cin if you want to know if accfile is out of data. You could check !accfile, but accfile won't go "bad" until you try to read something that isn't there, so you can't check until after you do a read.

I have "using namespace std;" at the top which is why I was confused that it worked after I added "std::" in front.


Anyhow, I fixed the problem of reading all the data with nested getline, a solution I found online. However, I'm having a problem trying to store this data in a struct array. (I don't currently have Internet access on the same PC I'm writing the code on, so I can't provide the error I was receiving. So I'm hoping someone can tell me how to correctly store this data, instead of outputting it screen (which works exactly how I want it to)).

"Books" is a struct.

Code:

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if ( accfile )
    {
        string temp;
        stringstream subtemp;
        while ( getline (accfile, line) )
        {
            subtemp<< line;
            while ( getline (subtemp, temp, ';') )
            {
                //cout << temp << endl;

              void getToken(char Mystring[])
                {
                    char *pch;
                    pch = strtok(Mystring);

                    while (pch !=0)
                    {
                        Books << pch;
                        pch = strtok(Null);
                    }
                }
            }
            subtemp.clear();
        }

    }

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Furious5k

I have "using namespace std;" at the top which is why I was confused that it worked after I added "std::" in front.

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That's weird. I would ask that you provide the smallest and simplest code that demonstrates the error, but if the problem is already fixed then nevermind.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Furious5k

However, I'm having a problem trying to store this data in a struct array.

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It looks like you are trying to define the getToken() function in the middle of another function. Move the function definition outside of the function and call getToken() instead.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Furious5k

I don't currently have Internet access on the same PC I'm writing the code on, so I can't provide the error I was receiving.

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I suggest that you install a C++ compiler on the computer that you use to write the code.