Another Array/Readin Question

[guda]

Im usng cin, and trying to recogninze a newline character like this:

while( !cin.eof() ) {
   cin >> row >> col;
   if(col=='\n') {
      occupied = row;
      display_array(m1);
      init_array(m1);
   }
}

Is this possible? or would I have to use something like getline()?

[nextus]

i might be wrong..but i thought cin >> does not read any white spaces...(thats including the newline character...)....

[Thantos]

I don't think that'll work but I'm not 100% sure. Try printing out the value of col after the cin and seeing what you get with known input.

[jlou]

i might be wrong..but i thought cin >> does not read any white spaces...(thats including the newline character...)....

You are correct. To actually read in a newline, you would probably use cin.get(), or maybe getline with a different delimiter.

[guda]

doesnt cin.get() only work with char data types?

I am working with integers... reading integers...

[jlou]

Why are you checking for the newline? That is the real question. What are you trying to do with that?

Maybe give an example of your input so we can see what cases you are trying to handle.

[guda]

OK, this isnt a project, just a sample test that we are suppose to work through, however the "real test" will closely resemble it.. ie, reading in, processing double matrix..


The first Number "2" in the example input specifies how many Matrices are in the file, whereas the Second Number "3' specifies the Number of seats occupied, and the Third Row specifies the "matrices size".

For example:
1 one chart

Example Input:
2
3
2 3
0 0
1 1
1 2
3
3 3
0 0
1 1
2 2

Example Output:
XEE
EXX

XEE
EXE
EEX

The first chart:
3    three seats occupied
2 3  two rows three columns
0 0  seat row 0 column 0 occupied
1 1  seat row 1 column 1 occupied
1 2  seat row 1 column 2 occupied

The second chart:
3    three seats occupied
3 3  three rows and three columns
0 0  seat row 0 column 0 occupied
1 1  seat row 1 column 1 occupied
2 2  seat row 2 column 2 occupied

I'm using the "\n" to determine when there is only "one" number to be read in, since that would signify the beginning of a "new matrix"..

[alphaoide]

int peek ( );
Peek next character.
Reads and returns the next character without extracting it from the stream.
http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/iostream/istream/peek.html

[CornedBee]

As long as you're using >> with single characters (but no other type works), you can also use the noskipws manipulator to make the stream extract whitespace as characters.

[guda]

got it... thanks guys.