Thread: file i/o

how can i replace the word im searching for? my way doesnt work

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
	char filename[20], wordtofind[20], wordtoreplace[20], input[200];
	int length=0,length2=0, count=0, count2=0, temp;
	cout<<"Enter the name of file: ";
	cin>>filename;
	cin.ignore(20,'\n');
	cout<<"Enter word to search for: ";	
	cin.getline(wordtofind,20);
	cout<<"Enter word to replace it with: ";
	cin.getline(wordtoreplace,20);
	length=strlen(wordtofind);
	fstream file;
	file.open(filename,ios::nocreate|ios::in|ios::out);
	if(file.fail()){
		cout<<"File could not be openend"<<endl;
		return (0);
	}
	else{
		while(file.getline(input,200,'\n'))
		{
			length2=strlen(input);
			for(count=0;count<length2;count++)
			{
				if(input[count]==wordtofind[0]){
					temp=count;
					for(count2=0;count2<=length;count2++)
					{
						if(input[temp++]!=wordtofind[count2])
							break;
						if(count2==length)
						{
							file<<wordtoreplace;
						}
					}
					
				}
			}
		}
		}
	file.close();

	return (0);
}

what doesn't work about it? i'll try to help, but give me a little more info

everything works except im having trouble replacing the original text with the new one... not sure how to do it

would something like this work:

Code:

if(input[count]==wordtofind[0]){
	temp[/*looped index*/]=input[count];
	//then ostream temp?

i wish i could help more, but i'm really not knowledgable with io stuff.

Originally posted by skipper
unregistered,

How did you manage to get past

cin.ignore(20,'\n');?

This should have ignored the first 20 characters (or so) of your data file name.

A hint , perhaps?

compile it buddy it does exactly what i want it to do :P

Originally posted by blight2c
would something like this work:

Code:

if(input[count]==wordtofind[0]){
	temp[/*looped index*/]=input[count];
	//then ostream temp?

i wish i could help more, but i'm really not knowledgable with io stuff.

but that wont work if the word i want to replace it by is bigger than the original corrrect?

anyone have any other suggestion? here is what i have now....

this is way harder than i tought it would be

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
	char filename[20], wordtofind[20], wordtoreplace[20], input[200];
	int length=0,length2=0,length3=0, count=0, count2=0,count3=0,count4=0, temp;
	cout<<"Enter the name of file: ";
	cin>>filename;
	cin.ignore(20,'\n');
	cout<<"Enter word to search for: ";	
	cin.getline(wordtofind,20);
	cout<<"Enter word to replace it with: ";
	cin.getline(wordtoreplace,20);
	length=strlen(wordtofind);
	fstream file;
	file.open(filename,ios::nocreate|ios::in|ios::out);
	if(file.fail()){
		cout<<"File could not be openend"<<endl;
		return (0);
	}
	else{
		while(file.getline(input,200,'\n'))
		{
			length2=strlen(input);
			length3=strlen(wordtoreplace);
			for(count=0;count<length2;count++)
			{
				if(input[count]==wordtofind[0]){
					temp=count;
					for(count2=0;count2<=length;count2++)
					{
						if(input[temp++]!=wordtofind[count2])
							break;
						if(count2==length){							
							for(count3=0;count3<count;count3++)
							{
								file.seekp(count3);
								file<<input[count3];
							}
							for(count4=0;count4<length3;count3++)
							{
								file.seekp(count3++);
								file<<wordtoreplace[count3];
							}
							for(count3;count3<length2;count3++)
							{
								file<<input[count3];
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		}
	file.close();

	return (0);
}

Originally posted by ihsir
there is ios::ate that lets you overwrite on already existing data of a file. you could try that.

but first you'll have move filecursor to the place where the text is and then write over there.

but that wont work if im searching for the word "you" and for example i want to replace it with "thou"

right?

I would read entire file into program, storing input into a large array. I would then search the array for the first letter of the desired word and if found search for all subsequent letters of the desired word. If subseqeunt letters don't match I would advance from where I had left off. I all letters match I would delete the desired word and replace it with the new word. When I was all done I would rewrite back to the file. Except for some minor details, that first level approach is pretty much what you are trying to do.

The details are all important however. FIrst, you have to know the relative size of the two words in question. If the word to be deleted is the same length as the word to add, then you can just identify the starting point and overwrite the appropriate elements of the array.

If the word to be replaced is shorter than the replacement then you need to shift the contents of the array to the right by the amount of the difference.

If the word to be replaced is longer than the replacement, then you need to shift the contents of the array to the left by the amount of the difference, assuming there is enough space in the array to handle it.

I would use the length of the shorter word in the loop for comparison.

If you feel comfortable with lists, you could use those instead of arrays for the container to hold the file's content if you wish.

Code:

char fileContents[100] = "three blind mice";
char wordToDelete[] = "three";
char wordToInsert[] = "two";
int length1 = strlen(wordToDelete);
int length2 = strlen(wordToInsert);
int i, j;
int search;
int difference;
int start;
int stop;
if(length1 <= length2)
{
search = length1;
difference = length2 - length1;
}
else
{
search = length2;
difference = lenth1 - length2;
}
for(i = 0; i < search; i++)
{
   if(fileContents[i] = wordToDelete[0];
   {
      start = i;
      for(j = 0; j < length1; j++)
      {
          if(fileContents[i + j] != wordToDelete[j];
             j = length1 + 10;
      }
      if(j == length1)
      {
          if(length1 == length2)
          {
              for(j = start; j < start + length1; j++)
              {
                  fileContents[start + j] = wordToInsert[j];
               }
           }
           else if(length1 > length2)
           {
               for(j = start; j < start + length2; j++)
               {
                   fileContents[start + j] = wordToInsert[j];
               }
               for(j = start + length2; j < strlen(fileContents) + 1; j++)
               {
                   fileContents[j] = fileContents[j + difference]
                }
            else if(length1 < length1)
            ////you can do the rest, I gotta run, sorry