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Kilo · Nov 27th, 2005, 10:06 PM

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char ch;
	int  i_startOfLine=0;
	
	ifstream FileIn("70271.txt");
	ofstream FileOut("dump.txt");

	FileOut << "  File Dump for ()" << endl;
	FileOut << "======================" << endl;

	while(!FileIn.eof())
	{
		FileIn.get(ch);
		
		//if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems
			//cout << "CH->" << ch;
				
		if(ch==(char)10)
		{
			cout << "TEN" << (char)10;
			i_startOfLine=1;
		}
		else
		{
			cout << ch;
			i_startOfLine++;
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

it is causing problems lol, its telling me that in this code:

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		//if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems
			//cout << "CH->" << ch;

that i cannot test like this?

EDIT:

ERRORS -

C:\Documents and Settings\-\Desktop\DataSearch\main.cpp(22) : error C2446: '==' : no conversion from 'char *' to 'int'
This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\Documents and Settings\-\Desktop\DataSearch\main.cpp(22) : error C2040: '==' : 'int' differs in levels of indirection from 'char [2]'

2roll4life7 · Nov 27th, 2005, 10:40 PM

it is causing problems lol, its telling me that in this code:

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		//if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems
			//cout << "CH->" << ch;

You're comparing a character to a string here. Try enclosing the comma in single quotes.

Kilo · Nov 27th, 2005, 11:36 PM

lol that should have been obvious to me O_o. It worked Thanks!

next question: making the file name to open variable it irritating!

this is my current code just for BETA.

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char ch;
	string s_fileIn;
	int  i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0;
	bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false;

	cout << "file name to scan?";
	getline(cin,s_fileIn);

	ifstream FileIn("70271.txt");
	ofstream FileOut("dump.txt");

	FileOut << "  File Dump for ()" << endl;
	FileOut << "======================" << endl;

	while(!FileIn.eof())
	{
		FileIn.get(ch);
		
		if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==',')
			t1=true;
		if(i_startOfLine==6 && t1==true && ch==',')
			t2=true;
		if(i_startOfLine==9 && t2==true && ch==',')
			t3=true;

		if(t3==true)
		{
			FileOut << "Line(" << (i_currLine+1) << ")=empty record" << endl;
			i_emptyCount++;
			t1=false;t2=false;t3=false;
		}
				
		if(ch==(char)10)
		{
			i_currLine++;
			i_startOfLine=1;
		}
		else
		{
			i_startOfLine++;
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

EDIT:
i cannot remember the process to taking user input and storing it in a string

Kilo · Nov 28th, 2005, 1:02 AM

UPDATE:

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

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char c_inLine[2000];
	const string s_replaceString="\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"\",\"\"";
	string s_fileIn;
	int  i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0;
	bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false;

	//cout << "file name to scan?";
	//getline(cin,s_fileIn);

	ifstream FileIn("70271.txt");
	ofstream FileOut("dump.txt");
	ofstream FileInfo("ds_info.txt");

	if(FileIn.fail())
	{
		cout << "Opening input file failed." << endl;
		goto done;
	}

	
	if(FileOut.fail())
	{
		cout << "Opening output file failed." << endl;
		goto done;
	}
	
	if(FileInfo.fail())
	{
		cout << "Opening info dump file failed." << endl;
		goto done;
	}

	FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl;
	FileInfo << "  Info Dump for ()" << endl;
	FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl;

	while(!FileIn.eof())
	{
	
		FileIn.getline(c_inLine,2000,'\n');
		
		if(c_inLine[0]=='\"' && c_inLine[2]==',' && c_inLine[5]==',' && c_inLine[8]==',')
		{
			FileOut << s_replaceString << (char)10;
			i_emptyCount++;
			goto finish;
		}
		
		//if(strlen(c_inLine)>1)
			FileOut << c_inLine << (char)10;
		//else
			cout << "BLANK LINE!" << endl;
		
		finish:
		
		i_currLine++;
	}

	done:

	FileInfo << "     Line Count: " << (i_currLine-1) << endl;
	FileInfo << "  Empty Records: " << i_emptyCount << endl;
	FileInfo << "  Records Fixed: " << endl;
	FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl;

	FileInfo.close();
	FileOut.close();
	FileIn.close();

	cout << "Successful!" << endl;
	cout << "Created By Kyle N." << endl;

	system("ds_info.txt");

	return 0;
}

Please comment on my code if you see anything i do without reason... or in a harder way

thanks!

nnxion · Nov 28th, 2005, 4:20 AM

//cout << "file name to scan?";
//getline(cin,s_fileIn);
ifstream FileIn("70271.txt");

Can be:

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string s_fileIn;
	cout << "file name to scan?" << endl;
	cin >> s_fileIn;
	//cout << "You entered: " << s_fileIn << endl;
	ifstream FileIn(s_fileIn);

You should add error checking.

DaWei · Nov 28th, 2005, 8:05 AM

Quote:

cin >> s_fileIn;

This is problematic advice. One might define s_fileIn to be a megabyte and reduce the probability of a crash, but it's better just to use an input method that constrains the number of characters that will be allowed. Something like "cin.get (inputBuffer, bufferSize);" would do nicely.

If you don't use error checking before you've learned about it, you're just new. If you don't use it AFTER you've learned about it, you're either lazy, a schlock coder, or just recalcitrant. Not a pretty picture, but there you have it

.

Kilo · Nov 28th, 2005, 8:24 AM

is that getline DaWei or just get???

DaWei · Nov 28th, 2005, 8:52 AM

It's "get", which is an overload basic istream method.

Quote:

Originally Posted by My compiler docs

The fourth function extracts up to _Count - 1 elements and stores them in the array beginning at _Str. It always stores char_type after any extracted elements it stores. In order of testing, extraction stops:

At end of file.

After the function extracts an element that compares equal to _Delim, in which case the element is put back to the controlled sequence.

After the function extracts _Count - 1 elements.

If the function extracts no elements, it calls setstate(failbit). In any case, it returns *this.

"Delim" defaults to a newline, but one may specify another (but not a set).

There is a basic istream getline and there is a string class getline. I often use the latter.

Kilo · Nov 28th, 2005, 12:10 PM

so i can use only failbit for error handling? i do not need .good .bad?

DaWei · Nov 28th, 2005, 12:48 PM

There are a set of failure bits. You do not need to manipulate them directly. If .good returns false, you have a problem (request didn't return what you were expecting), but it may or may not be serious. It may just be EOF. You can check for that specifically, if you like, with .eof (). .fail () means a failure, not necessarily fatal, like a conversion didn't work or you hit EOF or something. .bad represents a serious error, you probably should just abort (although you could clear the failures and try again). You can clear the failure indications with .clear (). This doesn't remove content from the stream. If content is causing the failure (alphabetic data that won't convert to a number, for instance), then you have to get it out of there by one of a number of means (.sync, .ignore, reading stuff until it's gone, whatever).

Nov 27th, 2005, 10:06 PM	#1
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	FSTREAM questions (Toggle Plain Text) #include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main() { char ch; int i_startOfLine=0; ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); FileOut << " File Dump for ()" << endl; FileOut << "======================" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.get(ch); //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; if(ch==(char)10) { cout << "TEN" << (char)10; i_startOfLine=1; } else { cout << ch; i_startOfLine++; } } return 0; } #include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main() { char ch; int i_startOfLine=0; ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); FileOut << " File Dump for ()" << endl; FileOut << "======================" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.get(ch); //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; if(ch==(char)10) { cout << "TEN" << (char)10; i_startOfLine=1; } else { cout << ch; i_startOfLine++; } } return 0; } it is causing problems lol, its telling me that in this code: (Toggle Plain Text) //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; that i cannot test like this? EDIT: ERRORS - C:\Documents and Settings\-\Desktop\DataSearch\main.cpp(22) : error C2446: '==' : no conversion from 'char ' to 'int' This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast C:\Documents and Settings\-\Desktop\DataSearch\main.cpp(22) : error C2040: '==' : 'int' differs in levels of indirection from 'char [2]' __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER* holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org

Nov 27th, 2005, 10:40 PM	#2
2roll4life7 Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 0x0010 * 0x0091 + 0x0004 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 4	it is causing problems lol, its telling me that in this code: (Toggle Plain Text) //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; //if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==",") causing problems //cout << "CH->" << ch; You're comparing a character to a string here. Try enclosing the comma in single quotes. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) #if 0 /* in case someone actually tries to compile this / #if 0 / in case someone actually tries to compile this */ - libpng version 1.2.8 (example.c) <Jim_McNeat> Is there like a way to put a compiler in "Just trust me on that one" mode?

Nov 27th, 2005, 11:36 PM	#3
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	lol that should have been obvious to me O_o. It worked Thanks! next question: making the file name to open variable it irritating! this is my current code just for BETA. (Toggle Plain Text) #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <conio.h> using namespace std; int main() { char ch; string s_fileIn; int i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0; bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false; cout << "file name to scan?"; getline(cin,s_fileIn); ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); FileOut << " File Dump for ()" << endl; FileOut << "======================" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.get(ch); if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==',') t1=true; if(i_startOfLine==6 && t1==true && ch==',') t2=true; if(i_startOfLine==9 && t2==true && ch==',') t3=true; if(t3==true) { FileOut << "Line(" << (i_currLine+1) << ")=empty record" << endl; i_emptyCount++; t1=false;t2=false;t3=false; } if(ch==(char)10) { i_currLine++; i_startOfLine=1; } else { i_startOfLine++; } } return 0; } #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <conio.h> using namespace std; int main() { char ch; string s_fileIn; int i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0; bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false; cout << "file name to scan?"; getline(cin,s_fileIn); ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); FileOut << " File Dump for ()" << endl; FileOut << "======================" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.get(ch); if(i_startOfLine==3 && ch==',') t1=true; if(i_startOfLine==6 && t1==true && ch==',') t2=true; if(i_startOfLine==9 && t2==true && ch==',') t3=true; if(t3==true) { FileOut << "Line(" << (i_currLine+1) << ")=empty record" << endl; i_emptyCount++; t1=false;t2=false;t3=false; } if(ch==(char)10) { i_currLine++; i_startOfLine=1; } else { i_startOfLine++; } } return 0; } EDIT: i cannot remember the process to taking user input and storing it in a string __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org

Nov 28th, 2005, 1:02 AM	#4
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	UPDATE: (Toggle Plain Text) #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { char c_inLine[2000]; const string s_replaceString="\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"\",\"\""; string s_fileIn; int i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0; bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false; //cout << "file name to scan?"; //getline(cin,s_fileIn); ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); ofstream FileInfo("ds_info.txt"); if(FileIn.fail()) { cout << "Opening input file failed." << endl; goto done; } if(FileOut.fail()) { cout << "Opening output file failed." << endl; goto done; } if(FileInfo.fail()) { cout << "Opening info dump file failed." << endl; goto done; } FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; FileInfo << " Info Dump for ()" << endl; FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.getline(c_inLine,2000,'\n'); if(c_inLine[0]=='\"' && c_inLine[2]==',' && c_inLine[5]==',' && c_inLine[8]==',') { FileOut << s_replaceString << (char)10; i_emptyCount++; goto finish; } //if(strlen(c_inLine)>1) FileOut << c_inLine << (char)10; //else cout << "BLANK LINE!" << endl; finish: i_currLine++; } done: FileInfo << " Line Count: " << (i_currLine-1) << endl; FileInfo << " Empty Records: " << i_emptyCount << endl; FileInfo << " Records Fixed: " << endl; FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; FileInfo.close(); FileOut.close(); FileIn.close(); cout << "Successful!" << endl; cout << "Created By Kyle N." << endl; system("ds_info.txt"); return 0; } #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { char c_inLine[2000]; const string s_replaceString="\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"DO NOT MAIL\",\"\",\"\""; string s_fileIn; int i_startOfLine=0,i_emptyCount=0,i_currLine=0; bool t1=false,t2=false,t3=false; //cout << "file name to scan?"; //getline(cin,s_fileIn); ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); ofstream FileOut("dump.txt"); ofstream FileInfo("ds_info.txt"); if(FileIn.fail()) { cout << "Opening input file failed." << endl; goto done; } if(FileOut.fail()) { cout << "Opening output file failed." << endl; goto done; } if(FileInfo.fail()) { cout << "Opening info dump file failed." << endl; goto done; } FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; FileInfo << " Info Dump for ()" << endl; FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; while(!FileIn.eof()) { FileIn.getline(c_inLine,2000,'\n'); if(c_inLine[0]=='\"' && c_inLine[2]==',' && c_inLine[5]==',' && c_inLine[8]==',') { FileOut << s_replaceString << (char)10; i_emptyCount++; goto finish; } //if(strlen(c_inLine)>1) FileOut << c_inLine << (char)10; //else cout << "BLANK LINE!" << endl; finish: i_currLine++; } done: FileInfo << " Line Count: " << (i_currLine-1) << endl; FileInfo << " Empty Records: " << i_emptyCount << endl; FileInfo << " Records Fixed: " << endl; FileInfo << "+-------------------------------------------------+" << endl; FileInfo.close(); FileOut.close(); FileIn.close(); cout << "Successful!" << endl; cout << "Created By Kyle N." << endl; system("ds_info.txt"); return 0; } Please comment on my code if you see anything i do without reason... or in a harder way thanks! __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org

Nov 28th, 2005, 4:20 AM	#5
nnxion Programming Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: elemental plane Posts: 1,429 Rep Power: 5	//cout << "file name to scan?"; //getline(cin,s_fileIn); ifstream FileIn("70271.txt"); Can be: (Toggle Plain Text) string s_fileIn; cout << "file name to scan?" << endl; cin >> s_fileIn; //cout << "You entered: " << s_fileIn << endl; ifstream FileIn(s_fileIn); string s_fileIn; cout << "file name to scan?" << endl; cin >> s_fileIn; //cout << "You entered: " << s_fileIn << endl; ifstream FileIn(s_fileIn); You should add error checking. __________________ "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for." -- Socrates

Nov 28th, 2005, 8:24 AM	#7
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	is that getline DaWei or just get??? __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org

Nov 28th, 2005, 12:10 PM	#9
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	so i can use only failbit for error handling? i do not need .good .bad? __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org

Nov 28th, 2005, 12:48 PM	#10
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	There are a set of failure bits. You do not need to manipulate them directly. If .good returns false, you have a problem (request didn't return what you were expecting), but it may or may not be serious. It may just be EOF. You can check for that specifically, if you like, with .eof (). .fail () means a failure, not necessarily fatal, like a conversion didn't work or you hit EOF or something. .bad represents a serious error, you probably should just abort (although you could clear the failures and try again). You can clear the failure indications with .clear (). This doesn't remove content from the stream. If content is causing the failure (alphabetic data that won't convert to a number, for instance), then you have to get it out of there by one of a number of means (.sync, .ignore, reading stuff until it's gone, whatever). __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

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