file ouput using fstream problem

[tegwin]

I have a problem with outputing info to a file... my code is:

while (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
outfile << "Blah" << endl;
}

it outputs this to a file


blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
<------- and it creates a blank line here....

my question is how do i not create a blank line there..

[shtarker]

Have a very close look at your loop.
The last iteration adds it in.
Try something like this:

outfile << "Blah";
while (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
outfile << endl << "Blah";
}

or

while (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
outfile << "Blah" << endl;
}
outfile << "Blah";

[tegwin]

oops i guess sending 1 piece of data to a file isn't a good example.. its easy to get around.. i'm actually passing 4 different variables to a file.. i can't think of a way to send data to a file without getting that last line... heres my real code


void Tmain_form::write_to_file(int x)
{
file_name = saveas_dialog->FileName;

ofstream file;

x = 0;

file.open(file_name.c_str());

while ( x < title_list->Count )
{
file << title_list->Strings[x].c_str() << endl;
file << type_list->Strings[x].c_str() << endl;
file << location_list->Strings[x].c_str()<< endl;
file << size_list->Strings[x].c_str()<< endl;

x = x + 1;
}

file.close();
}


my resulting file would look like this

title1
type1
location1
size1
title2
type2
location2
size2
<--------------blank line would be here...

is it possible to change my code alittle to still get all the data to the file properly without having that last endline at the end..
i need aline of code just outside the while loop that can delete the last line of my output file.. anyone know how to do this?

[shtarker]

Its pretty similar:

x = 1;

file.open(file_name.c_str());

if (title_list->Count > 0)
{
file << title_list->Strings[x].c_str() << endl;
file << type_list->Strings[x].c_str() << endl;
file << location_list->Strings[x].c_str()<< endl;
file << size_list->Strings[x].c_str();
}

while ( x < title_list->Count )
{
file << endl << title_list->Strings[x].c_str();
file << endl << type_list->Strings[x].c_str();
file << endl << location_list->Strings[x].c_str();
file << endl << size_list->Strings[x].c_str();

x = x + 1;
}

Its either that method or putting an if statment inside the loop.

[tegwin]

oh yeah thats the ticket... i didn't think of doing that... thnx m8