occurances of string in a file

I am to request a file description and a string from a user then state the number of occurrences of the string in the file. Maybe I made mistakes in my notes. Also, getline(cin, InputLine, i\ni). The i\ni is not 'i's. What is the character and how do I type it?

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/* Write a program that requests a file description (word)
and a string from the user then states the number of occurances
of the string in the file. (We will search for the letter 'a'.)
If the file does not exist, the program should state this
to the user.*/

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

int main()
{
        //Step01: Declare Memory Locations
        ifstream InFile;
        string MyWord; //Location of text to be searched for
        //Step02: Initialize Memory Locations
        InFile.open("C:/Temp/TestData1.txt");/*Location of file
        to be read*/
        int Index = 0; //Counter for occurances
        //Step03: Do the Work
        cout << "Please enter text: ";
        cin >> MyWord;
        if (!InFile.is_open())
        {
                cerr << "File does not exist" << endl;
                getch();
                exit(0);
        }
        while(InFile.open)
        {
                getline(cin, MyWord, i\ni);
                string Letter = MyWord.find("a");
                Letter = MyWord.substr(0,1);
                Index++;
        }
        //Step04: Do the Work
        InFile.close;
        cout << endl;
        getch();
        return 0;
}

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The i\ni is not 'i's

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What language is that? :confused:

'i\ni' ... don't know what you mean. It will never compile, ofcourse. Perhaps the newline character, '\n'?

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Originally Posted by 7stud

What language is that? :confused:

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c++ The actual character is not an 'i'. It is supposed to terminate the extraction. I was hoping someone would know. It may be the substr that I am supposed to look for.

The main idea is for me to read a string and pull out the occurances of a work. I am using 'the'.

Code:

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/* Write a program that requests a file description (word)
and a string from the user then states the number of occurances
of the string in the file. (We will search for the word 'the'.)
If the file does not exist, the program should state this
to the user.*/

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

int main()
{
        //Step01: Declare Memory Locations
        ifstream InFile;
        string MyWord; //Location of text to be searched for
        //Step02: Initialize Memory Locations
        InFile.open("C:/Temp/TestData1.txt");/*Location of file
        to be read*/
        int Index = 0; //Counter for occurances
        //Step03: Do the Work
        cout << "Please enter text: ";
        cin >> MyWord;
        if (!InFile.is_open())
        {
                cerr << "File does not exist" << endl;
                getch();
                exit(0);
        }
                getline(cin, MyWord, the);
        {
                string Letter = MyWord.find("the");
                Letter = MyWord.substr(0,1);
                Index++;
        }
        //Step04: Do the Work
        InFile.close;
        cout << endl;
        getch();
        return 0;
}

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