Help with loops

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:

Code:

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#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);
}

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Code:

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else (!isalpha (car));

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

what is this line
inFile.open (fileName);

doing in the last while loop?

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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by fsufan22

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

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

Code:

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#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);
}

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