Thread: string from file

i'm supposed to read strings from a data file that contain words seperated by numbers, i'm supposed to convert the numbers to spaces and reverse the list of stings when i print them to the screen, so they make a paragraph
(meaning the bottom string in the data file should be printed as the first, and so on)

here is the information in the data file:

the1text,2you3should4look5at6that7as8well.
Likewise,9if8there7are6numerals5mixed4throughout
321
order,1then2you3still4have5some6work7to8do.
of9pieces8of7sentences6with5the4parts4out3of
If,2on1the1other2hand,3this4seems5to6be7a8jumble
0
other.494
sentences1which2flow3logically4from5one6to7the
that8it9makes8sense7I6mean5that4it3contains
then2your1program1most2likely3works.44When5I6say
If,7when8you9read8this,7it6seems5to4make3sense

i've gotten almost nowhere with my code, here's all i got

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main ()
{
  
  char buffer[256];
  ifstream input ("A:\input4.dat");

  while (! input.eof() )
  {
    input.getline (buffer,100);
    char getchar;
    cin>>getchar;
    if(isdigit(getchar))
    cout<<" ";
    cout << buffer << endl;

  }
  
 return 0;
}

looking for urgent help as assignment is due very soon
thanx,

Isaiah

welcome to the boards!
Well, I'd have to say first off that you'll not want to output everything as you're going along, because you need to flip the sentences around in reverse. What I would do is read the whole file in to a buffer and basically parse it for the numbers and chop 'em out, slap in some spaces, then reverse the sentences and you should be good.

I don't believe in doing homework for other people, so hopefully that helps you a little bit

Originally Posted by jverkoey

welcome to the boards!
Well, I'd have to say first off that you'll not want to output everything as you're going along, because you need to flip the sentences around in reverse. What I would do is read the whole file in to a buffer and basically parse it for the numbers and chop 'em out, slap in some spaces, then reverse the sentences and you should be good.

I don't believe in doing homework for other people, so hopefully that helps you a little bit

is there a "replace" function for strings where it can find an integer 0-9 and just replace it with a space?

thanx

Isaiah

there might be one, but i don't know of it, it would probably be better to just write your own "replace" function that you could just pass a char* and it would remove all of the numbers

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

string space(string data);
string openfile();
string reverse(string data);

int main()
{
	string spaces;
	string infile;
	string reversed;
	infile = openfile();
	spaces = space(infile);
	reversed = reverse(spaces);
	cout << "original data: " << infile << "\n\n";
	cout << "without numbers: " << spaces << "\n\n";
	cout << "reversed: " << reversed << "\n\n";
	return 0;
}

string space( string buffer )
{
	long x = 0;
	int number = 48;
	while(x < buffer.length())
	{
		number = 48;
		while(number != 58)
		{
			if(buffer[x] == (char)number){
				buffer[x] = ' ';
			}
			number++;
		}
		x++;
	}
	
	return buffer;
}


string openfile()
{
    string buffer;
	ifstream file("input4.dat");
	
	if (! file.good() ) {
		buffer = "error opening file!\n";
	}
	else {
		file >> buffer;
		file.close();
	}
	return buffer;
}

string reverse(string buffer)
{
    for ( int x = 0, y = buffer.length() -1; x < y; x++, y-- ) 
	{ 
        int temp =  buffer[x]; 
        buffer[x] = buffer[y]; 
        buffer[y] = temp; 
    } 
	return buffer;
}

this what you want...?