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ok the answer to this is probably very simple, but i've never had to do it before and had no luck on google, so maybe someone here can help me. i have a .txt file that i'm writing to, using an ofstream, and i want to be able to delete a line from the file. how can i do this?
Read each line into a linked list or even just an array (if you count the lines first). Then loop thru the linked list/array and output only the lines you want to a file.
It's a common misconception that you can write, "part", of a file. What actually needs to be done, even if the concept in your mind is that of simpling adding or removing a line, is that every byte needs to be read into memory, edited by your program (often the new data is just read into a new array in memory), and then every byte is written back to the program.
Put every line into a vector, then find and remove the line you wish to delete, then iterate through the vector and place the lines back into the file.
thanks for the help guys. much appreciated.
Why would you want to read the whole file into memory?
Surely just read each line, and write it out if you want to keep it, is much more efficient in memory terms.