Thread: Still Doesnt Run, Help?!!

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    Unhappy Still Doesnt Run, Help?!!

    This is a program that reads data from a disk and outputs data to the same disk.
    The data is:
    @2,89#3,*67
    $187,3#34,72#123#
    *3*7*1#*3,4,8

    The program must exclude the symbols & just output the digits with the '#' starting a new line.

    Output should be:
    289
    367
    1873
    3472
    123
    371
    348
    Code:
    C++
    #include <fstream>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cctype>

    using namespace std; //introduces namespace std

    char const nwln = '\n';

    int main ( )
    {
    char ch;
    ifstream data;
    ofstream dataout;
    int n;
    int sum;
    int digit;

    data.open ("a.\\data.txt");
    if (!data)
    {
    cout << "ERROR -- Cannot open data.txt for input";
    return 1;
    }

    dataout.open ("a:\\dataout.txt");
    if (!dataout)
    {
    cout << "ERROR -- Cannot open dataout.txt for output";
    return 1;
    }


    data.get(ch);
    while (data)
    {
    digit = 0;
    while ((ch != '\n') && data)
    {
    if (isdigit(ch))
    digit = ch - '0';
    sum = sum*10 + n;
    }
    if (ch == '#')
    dataout.put(sum);
    sum = 0;
    }

    data.close(); dataout.close();
    return 0;
    }


    The program compiles fine (with no errors), but it doesnt print my output to the output file on the disk. Please help & tell me what I am doing wrong. This is my 1st program assignment so I am not at all experienced in c++. Thanks in advance.

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    Pursuing knowledge confuted's Avatar
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    Thank you for using code tags
    Away.

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    Why is it that when noobies write the title to their thread, they often make it sound like someone's life depends on their code running? *sigh*

    You're not reading in from the file. Do that. And read the forum rules.
    FAQ

    "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum.

    "If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.

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    sum = sum*10 + n;
    Ok, I see trouble up there (whatever you're trying to with it).
    I think "sum" and "n" have to be initialized somewhere in the beginning. And that's right, use code tags because I have trouble understanding your nested loop.

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    What Joshdick already said - you're only reading a single byte from the file. How is it that they give you something like this for a first assignment? Everything must be done with small steps. First of all, isolate the problem. Write a dummy app that takes the data from an array of chars and spits it out onto the screen. Then read in a file and output it to the screen. Then work in your algorithm for omitting data, etc.
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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