vector sourcing information problem

Okay in this vector array program I got it to print out the values in the input file number and price. How would i go about havng a question in the bottom somewhere asking a user for an item number , meaning first - 10 entrys in the input file.

for example here is my txt file.

100 13.43
101 10.99
102 3.45 (lets say i want the user to be able to type a number
of 3 and it will go and display this info.)
103 5.72
104 6.90
105 3.99
106 2.78
107 15.98
108 4.34
109 2.87
110 3.67

Here is my code so far:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

void main()
{
        vector<int> number;
        vector<double> price;

        int num;
        double pri;

        ifstream inFile("product.txt", ios::in);

        if(!inFile)
        {
                cerr<<"File could not be opened!"<<endl;
                exit(1);
        }

        while(!inFile.eof())
        {
                inFile >> num >> pri;
                number.push_back(num);
                price.push_back(pri);
        }

        cout << setw(10)<< "Product no." << setw(10) << "Price" << "\n";
        for(int i=0; i < number.size(); i++)
                cout << setw(10) << number[i] << setw(10) << price[i] << "\n";
}

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> void main()
I see others have already told you, so here's another nag
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284376

> while(!inFile.eof())
http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284351

> How would i go about havng a question in the bottom somewhere asking a user for an item number
You mean like
cout << "Which one"';
cin >> thisOne;
?

salem

one the nag on the main() i have to do it that way for my class.

I know you are well respected in this forum , at least i see you post alot of stuff. But could you at least point a person in the right direction once in awhile instead of just nagging.

The right direction begins with proper coding. If you code compiles and is well formated, I doubt the teacher will care the return value of main, if he finds void main() ok. What teacher at what school... perhaps we can email him and point him in the right direction too.

point taken. just following the book. i still need help with my problem.

Well post the code that you have, if you got the point of what Salem said, then you should be able to show something that is a lot close to what you need... show an attempt at asking the user the question, and taking the responce and trying to use it.

This must be a bad time of the day for you. I asked the question at the top, not if my main and eof was correct. I can do those corrections , after i get on the right track on my problem.

i am asking if the data is set with a vector. How would i ask the question and have the program source the right values from the file.

I know how to do cout , cin. I am asking past that???

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Salem

> How would i go about havng a question in the bottom somewhere asking a user for an item number
You mean like
cout << "Which one"';
cin >> thisOne;
?

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Salem gave you the answer to your question a while ago. It turns out that cin extraction, like Salem demonstrates, is one of the easiest ways to get data from the user. You only need to choose an appropriate data type for what you want. :)

Then you can push it onto a vector. Maybe

Code:

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int temp;
vector<int> myvector;
while (cin >> temp) {
  myvector.push_back(temp);
}

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Well, obviously number and price are related, so it's not good style to make them paralell vectors. So.

Code:

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struct Entry
{
    double price
    int number

    Entry(int p, int n) : price(p), number(n) { }
};

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Code:

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vector<Entry> v;

while(infile >> tempnumber >> tempprice)
{
    v.push_back(Entry(tempnumber, tempprice));
}

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Code:

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cout << v[usernumber].number << v[usernumber].price;

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If I understood well, you need the user to input the number of something and the program will print the price for it. Well, there are some different ways, I will give you the most simple way I can imagine right now:

Code:

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#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() {

    vector<int> v;
    v.reserve( 10 );
   
    for(int i=0;i<=9;i++)
        v.push_back(i);
   
    int value;
   
    cin >> value;
   
    vector<int>::iterator position =
        find( v.begin(), v.end(), value);

    cout << "The value is " << *position << endl;

    return 0;
}

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As you can see, I use find to find the position of the value I want. Once you have the iterator, you must use it to discover the number of the position:

Code:

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int int_position = position - v.begin();
//use the int_position to access price vector

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If it is not what you want, then ignore this post. :)