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

....

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

*.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

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