Okay,
I am trying to get this program to read all contents of a text file and then print it. I have a file called tanner1.txt already made. The program only opens up and never gets through the loop. If anyone could help me, it would be appreciated.
This is what I have:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fstream.h>
int main()
{
double var;
ifstream file("tanner1.txt");
while(!file.eof());
{
file>>var;
cout<<var;
}
file.close();
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
Thanks
Try this instead, it's safer than using !file.eof() and works just fine on my system. Make sure the data file is in the same directory as your .exe as well.
-PreludeCode:#include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main ( void ) { double var; ifstream IN ( "tanner1.txt" ); while ( IN>>var ) cout<<var<<endl;; IN.close(); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
My best code is written with the delete key.
you cannot read a double from a file.
while(!file.eof());
{
file>>var;
cout<<var;
}
=BAD
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char character;
while(!file.eof())
{
file.get (character);
cout << character;
}
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string str1;
while(!file.eof())
{
file >> str1;
cout << str1;
}
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char array[50];
int i=0;
while((!file.eof())&&(i < 49))
{
file.get(array[i]);
++i;
}
array [i +1] = '\n';
cout << array;
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Blue
to read all the contents in a file
Y do u go for too much of complexity try this one better .
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
int count =0;
if(argc!=2)
{
cout<<"Usage:"<<argv[0]<<"<filename>"<<endl;
return 1;
}
ifstream in(argv[1]);
if(!in)
{
cout<<"Cannot open input file.\n";
return 1;
}
char str [255];
while(in.peek()!=EOF)
{
in.getline(str,255);
if(in)
count = count +1;
cout<<count<<":"str<<endl;// this prints even the line number u are reading
}
in.close();
return 0;
}
This will help u a lot .Happy coding.
is this not easier than all of these, sorry if its not, yeah i'm not sure you can read in doubles though.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
void main()
{
ifstream inFile;
double var;
inFile.open("filename.txt");
while (inFile)
{
inFile >> var;
cout << var;
}
inFile.close();
}
>you cannot read a double from a file.
Why not? I've never had any trouble reading doubles with full precision from a file.
-Prelude
My best code is written with the delete key.
Sorry... I just usually recommend against it because I found too many times that the bottom drops out of .eof() when words or improper data is inputted (endless loop). I have traditionally always read characters and type cast from there so that I can verify that I have number values.
But... I tried your advice of using
in >> doubl;
as a condition for the while loop.
That worked like a champ. It was very very solid and didn't matter what values were in the file (letter, number, or otherwise).
Good stuff.... as usual.
Blue
>Good stuff.... as usual.
I try
-Prelude
My best code is written with the delete key.
What the heck is this? (It was the return value for int main).Code:return EXIT_SUCCESS;
anyone know the function for going back to the beginning of the file? I forgot.
EXIT_SUCCESS is a macro constant that is defined in iostream and stdlib. It's the same thing as saying 0 except you know precisely what I meant instead of trying to figure out a magic number.
I use the EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE constants as a matter of style. Better to be explicit than to assume the reader will know what you meant, even with return values
-Prelude
My best code is written with the delete key.
>anyone know the function for going back to the beginning of the file?
fseek ( FILE, 0, SEEK_SET );
or
FILE.seekg ( 0, ios::beg );
Depending on whether you use a FILE * or an ifstream object
-Prelude
Last edited by Prelude; 02-12-2002 at 12:07 AM.
My best code is written with the delete key.
But how would return EXIT_FAILURE; accomplish anything? Isn't the program over anyway, so if it fails it closes or if it succeeds it closes?
>Isn't the program over anyway
Yes, but the system calls main and main returns a value to the system telling it if the program complete successfully or failed at some point. Sometimes the system will act on that value, so you need to be sure what you sent back to it. The macros are defined as such:
#define EXIT_SUCCESS 0
#define EXIT_FAILURE 1
So there's really no difference except for the reader of the program.
-Prelude
My best code is written with the delete key.
