Thread: Editing TXT files in C++

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    Editing TXT files in C++

    I have been recently going through the tutorials that your site offers. I decided to expand on one of the tutorials. This one to be precise, http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson10.html and created the following program from this code.


    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        cout<<"This is a simple C++ program that writes text to a .txt file.\n Choose one of the following tasks to perform:\n";
        
        int selection;   
        char str[10];
        char filetext;             
        
        cout<<"1. Create blank text file or delete replace current file\n";
        cout<<"2. Write some preprogrammed text into the text file.\n";
        cout<<"3. Write your own text into the text file\n";
        cout<<"Enter your option: \n";
        
        cin>>selection;
        cin.ignore();
        
        if (selection == 1)
        {
            // load function for task 1
            cout<<"You chose option 1\n";
            ofstream a_file ( "example.txt" );
            a_file.close();
        }
        else if(selection == 2)
        {
            // load function for task 2
            cout<<"You chose option 2\n";
            ofstream a_file ( "example.txt" );
            a_file<<"Here is some predesigned text. Pretty cool huh!";
            a_file.close();
        }
        else if(selection == 3)
        {
            // load function for task 3
            cout<<"You chose option 3\n";
            ofstream a_file ( "example.txt" );
            cout<<"Please enter some text: ";
            cin>> filetext;
            a_file<<filetext;
            a_file.close();
            cin.ignore();
        }
        cin.get();
    }
    It's a relatively simple program but in the last if statement when I try to make it possible for users to be able to enter text of there own there is a small problem. They can only seem to enter words such as "c_programming" and "nexus" any text with spaces or captials cuts out after the first letter.

    Can anyone help me make it so that all text will work and is it possible to make it change the name of the file as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nexus
    It's a relatively simple program but in the last if statement when I try to make it possible for users to be able to enter text of there own there is a small problem. They can only seem to enter words such as "c_programming" and "nexus" any text with spaces or captials cuts out after the first letter.
    cin is whitespace delimited, getline isn't.
    Last edited by Dave_Sinkula; 03-22-2005 at 10:22 PM.
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    It is cause you are only reading in a char. So your output will only be one character long, you can something like this instead.
    Code:
    char filetext[80];
    Woop?

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    Thanks for the help.

    How would I be able to make a user change the title of the document?

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    When you say title, do you mean the filename? From "example.txt" to WhateverIwant.txt?

    It could look like this:
    Code:
    char filename[50];
    cout << "Enter filename: ";
    cin >> filename;
    ofstream a_file(filename);
    If that's what you're looking for....
    Last edited by antex; 03-24-2005 at 05:40 AM.

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