Thread: Memory Issue...?

If you want to keep it simple, you could do this.

Have a file named Genisis.txt with this in it

Code:

1:1 In the..
1:2 blah

I decided to try out a little test about how you would go about allocating memory and such for each book. (You could just load one book, or segments of books at a time)

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

char *fileBuffer;

const long BookSize(char *book)
{
  std::ifstream tempFile(book);
	
  if(!tempFile.is_open()) {
    std::cout << "Error opening " << book;
    exit(1);
  }
	
  tempFile.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
  long fileSize = tempFile.tellg();
  tempFile.close();
	
  return fileSize;
}

void ReadBook(char *book, long fileSize)
{
  std::ifstream file(book);
	
  if(!file.is_open()) {
    std::cout << "Error opening " << book;
    exit(1);
  }
	
  file.read(fileBuffer, fileSize);
	
  file.close();
}

int main()
{
  char book[50];
	
  std::cout << "Type in the name of a Book: ";
  std::cin  >> book;
	
  const long size = BookSize(book);
	
  fileBuffer = new char [size];

  ReadBook(book, size);

  std::cout << std::endl;
  std::cout << fileBuffer;
  
  delete [] fileBuffer;
  return 0;
}

note this is just some example code.

This is what happens

Code:

Type in the name of a book: C:\Genisis.txt


1:1 In the begining, God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 Something about light.

Where I have a text file named Genisis.txt in C:\ that contains

1:1 In the begining, God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 Something about light.