This is my first attempt at creating a program and I am having great problems. The program is meant to scan a file and increment a counter if specific words are found. Can anyone let me know where I'm going wrong,Thanks

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

using namespace std;

int main (void)
{
string string1;
int location;
char userName; //The students log-in name
int markCounter //Counter for adding up students mark



system("cls"); // Clear the screen

cout << "Marking Program" << endl << endl;

ifstream infile("checkUserName.txt", ios::in);

//Get students username
cout << "Enter Students Username: ";
cin >>string1;// entered username


// Check students username validity
userName.find_first_of("checkUserName.txt");

if string1 /found then
cout << "Username not found"<<;

else
ifstream infile("string1.txt", ios::in); //open students file
ifstream infile("markScheme.txt", ios::in);

while (getline(markScheme, line1)) {

if (line1.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line2)) {

if (line2.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line3)) {

if (line3.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line4)) {

if (line4.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line5)) {

if (line5.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line6)) {

if (line6.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line7)) {

if (line7.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line8)) {

if (line8.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line9)) {

if (line9.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;

while (getline(markScheme, line10)) {

if (line10.find(search) != string::npos)
++1 counter;


//Display students mark
cout << "Students mark is (counter)";

}

}

Please use code tags
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I'm not surprised you're getting errors. Aside from the odd choice of using so many loops where one will do, you fail to close most of your blocks. Compare this with what you have and do try to learn from it:

Thanks for your help, I really was stuck

still having problems using the strings created in the marking scheme being searched for in the students file this is what i have got so far

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

using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::ifstream;

int main()
{
string username; //Username that will be searched for

cout << "Marking Program"; //Start of program

cout << "Enter Students Username:"; //Get username off program user
cin >> username;

ifstream in("checkUserName.txt"); //Searching for students username
string search;
string line;
int n = 0;

if (!in) {
cerr<<"Username not found"<<endl; //If entered username not found display
return EXIT_FAILURE; //error message
}
else
if (in){
ifstream in(username.txt); //open students program
}




{ ifstream in("markScheme.txt"); //open the marking scheme file
if (!in){
cerr<<"Mark Scheme not found"<<endl; //If file not found display error
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}



if (!getline(cin, search)) {
!=++n;
}

while (getline(in, line)) {
if (line.find(search) == string::npos)
++n;
}

cout<< "students mark is"<<n<<"out of 10"<<endl;

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

>still having problems
Can you be more specific?

sorry forgot code tags

yeah what i want the program to do is use the strings i've created in the markScheme.txt to see if they are in the students file that I open. Does that make sense!

It makes perfect sense. What I want to know is what the program you have is doing that fails to meet your expectations.

Once a string is found (10 in total) i want it to increment the counter then output the final mark to the program user