Reading from file into a struct using a customer Vector class

**daffer** · 05-02-2020

Hi, so I'm fairly new to structs, and what I want to do is read data from a file into a struct. My struct uses 2 classes date and time to read in date and time values, and I've created a Custom Vector class that stores this information in a dynamic array and expands when it needs to.

I'm strugging how to figure out how to read the data into my struct, and for now I am using a test file to test functionality. I'm getting some errors.

Main.cpp:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include "Date.h"
#include "Time.h"
#include "Vector.h"


using namespace std;


typedef struct {


        Date d;
        Time t;
        float speed;


}WindLogType;


int main()
{


Date dTest;
Time tTest;
float speedtest = 52.5;


Vector<WindLogType> windlog;


ifstream infile("testinput.csv");


if(!infile){


    cout << "File not found.";


    return -1;


};


//int i = 0;


while(!infile.eof()){


    infile >> dTest >> tTest >> speedtest;


    windlog.add(dTest); //line 42 for error
    windlog.add(tTest); //line 43 for error
    windlog.add(speedtest); //line 44 for error


}


for(int i = 0; i < windlog.size(); i++){


    cout << windlog[i] << " "; //line 50 for error


}




infile.close();


return 0;


}

Errors:

Code:

Line |42|error: no matching function for call to 'Vector<WindLogType>::add(Date&)'|

Line |43|error: no matching function for call to 'Vector<WindLogType>::add(Time&)'|

Line |44|error: no matching function for call to 'Vector<WindLogType>::add(float&)'|

|50|error: cannot bind 'std::ostream {aka std::basic_ostream<char>}' lvalue to 'std::basic_ostream<char>&&'|

Inputfile:

31/2/2014 23:45,55.6

My Vector add method handles any type of data because I've used it in previous exercises so I think the issue lies in how I'm using my struct. Somebody please help!

**laserlight** · 05-02-2020

You would need to show the interface of the Vector class template at the very least, but from the error message, the add member function probably only handles arguments that are comvertible to the template argument type of the Vector, which in this case is WindLogType

**daffer** · 05-02-2020

Here is my Vector template class:

Code:

#ifndef VECTOR_H
#define VECTOR_H
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>


using namespace std;


template <class T>
class Vector
{
    public:
        Vector(int size = 10);
        ~Vector();


        void initialize(unsigned from = 0);
        void expand();
        void add(const T &obj);
        int size() const{return this->nrofel;}


        T& operator[](const int index);
        const T& operator[](const int index) const;




    private:
        T **data;
        unsigned capacity;
        unsigned nrofel;


};


template <class T>
Vector<T>::Vector(int size){


    this->capacity = size;
    this->nrofel = 0;
    this->data = new T*[this->capacity];


    this->initialize();


}


template <class T>
T& Vector<T>::operator[](int index){


    if(index < 0 || index > this->nrofel){


        throw("Out of bounds");


    }


    return *this->data[index];


}


template <class T>
const T& Vector<T>::operator[](int index) const{


    if(index < 0 || index > this->nrofel){


        throw("Out of bounds");


    }


    return *this->data[index];


}


template <class T>
void Vector<T>::initialize(unsigned from){


    for(size_t i = from; i < this->capacity; i++){


        this->data[i] = nullptr;


    }


}


template <class T>
Vector<T>::~Vector(){


    for(size_t i = 0; i < capacity; i++){


        delete this->data[i];


    }
    delete[]this->data;
}




template <class T>
void Vector<T>::expand(){


    this->capacity *= 2;


    T** tempData = new T*[this->capacity];


    for(size_t i = 0; i < this->nrofel; i++){


        tempData[i] = new T(*this->data[i]);


    }


    for(size_t i = 0; i < this->nrofel; i++){


       delete this->data[i];


    }


    delete[] data;


    this->data = tempData;


    this->initialize(this->nrofel);


}


template <class T>
void Vector<T>::add(const T &obj){


    if(this->nrofel >= this->capacity){


        this->expand();


    }


    this->data[this->nrofel++] = new T(obj);


}






#endif // VECTOR_H

So what I can understand from what you're saying, should I be making another add method that takes in a Vector type as a parameter? I'm unsure

**laserlight** · 05-02-2020

No, you should construct a WindLogType object to add.

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