Thread: How to delete data...

hello everyone, i am in need of serious help.

i using the turbo C++ 4.5

plz give me the code in turbo C++, not Visual or any others....

the problem is how to write a code to delete data inside the *.txt file....
this work only when user enter the data name then search inside
the file then delete it.............

the data in *.txt file with the following entries:

Country.................................................. .Capital
Malaysia.......................................... .........Kuala Lumpur
Japan............................................. ..........Tokyo
Thailand.......................................... .........Bangkok


how to delete the "Japan" so that the file will have the following pattern?

Country.................................................. .Capital
Malaysia.......................................... .........KualaLumpur
.................................................. ............Tokyo
Thailand.......................................... .........Bangkok


and how to delete the "Japan" and "Tokyo" so that the file will have the following pattern?

Country.................................................. .Capital
Malaysia.......................................... .........Kuala Lumpur
Thailand.......................................... .........Bangkok

Thanks for helping

You'd have to read the file into memory, make the modifications, then write it back. It is possible to write at a certain location in the file, but then you cannot change the size (if writing in the middle of the data).

It works like this
You do it, we help you fix it

It isn't
We do it, you go out and party

http://www.cpp-home.com/FileIO_tutorial.php