Help with loops

[fsufan22]

Hey everyone I'm very new to c++ and need some help. I'm trying to write a program that opens a text file, prints it, then prints it again with every 5th word replaced by blanks. I can get the file to open and the header for the 2nd print, but I can't get the file even print out again, or my word count to work. Any help is welcome. here's the code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstring>
#include <cctype>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	char ch, car;
	char fileName [20];
	bool lastWasLetter = false;				
	bool thisLetter = false;
	char BLANKS [13] = " __________ ";
	int  wordCount = 0;
	ifstream inFile;
	
	cout << "Give file name:" << endl;
	cin >> fileName; 

	inFile.open (fileName);
	inFile.get (ch);


	while (!inFile)
	{
		inFile.clear ();
		cout << "File name invalid. Please re-enter the file name:" << endl;
		cin >> fileName;

		inFile.open (fileName);
		inFile.get (ch);
	}

	cout << "=========================================" << endl;
	cout << "            ORIGINAL TEXT                " << endl;
	cout << "=========================================" << endl;
	
	cout << ch;

	while (inFile) 
	{
		inFile.get (ch);
		cout << ch;
	}
	
	
	 inFile.seekg(0L, ios::beg);

	

	 cout << "========================================" << endl;
	 cout << "              CLOZE TEST                " << endl;
	 cout << "========================================" << endl;
		
		
	 while (inFile)
	 {

		inFile.open (fileName);
		cin.get (ch);
			 
		if (isalpha (ch))
		{
			lastWasLetter = true;
			cout << ch;
			if (lastWasLetter = true)
			{
				cin.get (car);
				if (isalpha (car))
				{
					thisLetter = true;
						cout << car;
				}
				else (!isalpha (car));
				{
					wordCount++;
				}
			}
		}
		if (wordCount % 5)
		{
			cout << BLANKS;
		}
	 }

		

	 	
	 return (0);
}

[Elysia]

else (!isalpha (car));

Bug: No ; after else should be present.
And if you need else with a condition, you must use else if, not else.

[vart]

what is this line
inFile.open (fileName);

doing in the last while loop?

[fsufan22]

I was trying to reprint the file there, I can't figure out how to do it so I just took what made it print the first time and copied and pasted.

[vart]

in the first loop you opened the file - before the loop that was reading its content

[fsufan22]

yea that was stupid of me. thanks. but how do I get it to read and print the content again?

[vart]

but how do I get it to read and print the content again?

you started right, but forget about eof state to be cleared

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
	std::string filename("test.c");
	std::cout << "Once: ";

	std::ifstream inFile(filename.c_str());

	char ch;
	while (inFile.get (ch))
	{
		std::cout << ch;
	}

	std::cout << std::endl;


	std::cout << "Twice: ";
	//need to clear eof flag
	inFile.clear();

	//now after rewind can read file again
	inFile.seekg(0L, std::ios::beg);

	while (inFile.get (ch))
	{
		std::cout << ch;
	}

	std::cout << std::endl;

	return (0);
}

[fsufan22]

i got it to reprint it. thanks a lot for the help