Movie title:The matrix
Movie star 1:Keanu Reeves
Movies star 2:Lawrence Fishbourne
Movie producer:Joel Silver
Movie director:Wachowski Brothers
Production Company:Warner Brothers
Number of Copies in Stock:25
Total Copies in store:1

//pedantic.cpp
//A program to demonstrate how to ammend a text file
//Released into the public domain on the 02/04/06
//All rights reserved 
 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
 
int main()
{
    std::vector <std::string> bullcrap; //create a vector of strings
    std::vector <std::string> more_bullcrap; //create a vector of strings
 
    bullcrap.push_back("Movie title:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Movie star 1:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Movie star 2:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Movie producer:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Movie director:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Production company:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Number of Copies in Stock:");
    bullcrap.push_back("Total Copies in store:");
 
    std::ifstream read("c:/records.txt");
 
    std::string tee_he;
 
    while(getline(read,tee_he,'\n'))//read in file line by line
    {
        std::cout<<tee_he<<std::endl;
        more_bullcrap.push_back(tee_he);
    }
    read.close();    
 
    std::cout<<"\n\n\nWhat do ya wanna change,gimme a number chump:\n"<<std::endl;
 
    for(int i=0; i<more_bullcrap.size(); i++)
    {
        std::cout<<"  "<<i+1<<")"<<more_bullcrap[i]<<std::endl;
    }    
    int choice;
    std::cin>>choice;
 
    std::cout<<"You have chosen "<<bullcrap[choice-1];
    std::cout<<"\nWhat do you wanna change it to:"<<std::endl;
 
    std::cin.ignore();
    std::string burp;
    std::getline(std::cin, burp, '\n');
 
    more_bullcrap[choice-1].erase(); //delete entire line chosen by user
    more_bullcrap[choice-1]=burp; //replace line with new value
 
    std::cout<<"\n\n\n";
    std::cout<<"Your file has been ammended\nThanQ";
 
    remove("c:/records.txt");//delete file
 
    std::ofstream write("c:/records.txt");//write to file
    for(int i=0; i<more_bullcrap.size(); i++)
    {
        if (i==choice-1)
        {
           write<<bullcrap[i]<<more_bullcrap[i]<<std::endl;
        }  
        else
        {
           write<<more_bullcrap[i]<<std::endl;
        }    
 
    }  
    write.close();
 
    std::cin.get();
    return 0;
 
 
}

Movie title:The matrix
Movie star 1:Keanu Reeves
Movies star 2:Lawrence Fishbourne
Movie producer:Joel Silver
Movie director:Wachowski Brothers
Production Company:Warner Brothers
Number of Copies in Stock:25
Total Copies in store:1
 
 
 
What do ya wanna change,gimme a number chump:
 
  1)Movie title:The matrix
  2)Movie star 1:Keanu Reeves
  3)Movies star 2:Lawrence Fishbourne
  4)Movie producer:Joel Silver
  5)Movie director:Wachowski Brothers
  6)Production Company:Warner Brothers
  7)Number of Copies in Stock:25
  8)Total Copies in store:1
1
You have chosen Movie title:
What do you wanna change it to:
The matrix Revolutions
 
 
 
Your file has been ammended
ThanQ

 
	void modifyVideoList()
	{
		videoDataTemp temp; //videodataTEMP to temp (temporary storage)
		fstream file4; //fstream is file4
		videoData fields; //videoData is fields (original)
 
		char titleTemp [30]; //temporary storage for search function
		int flag=0;
		int num=0; //counter to count how many record it has go thru
		int counter=0;
 
		cout<<"\t\n\nEnter title of video to search: \n";
		cin.getline(titleTemp,30);
 
		file4.open("videolist.dat", ios::out | ios::in | ios::binary);
		file4.seekg(0, ios::beg);
		file4.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&fields), sizeof(fields) );
 
		//while not end of file
		while ( !file4.eof())
		{
 
			//if string compare original title is equals to temporary
			//return true
			if(strcmp(fields.title,titleTemp)==0)
			{
				num = num+1; //num plus 1
				//cout<<num<<endl;
 
				///////display previos title
 
				cout<< "\nDisplaying '" << fields.title << "' Information\n";
				cout<< "Movie Title: " << fields.title <<endl;
				cout<< "Movie Star 1: " << fields.star1 <<endl;
				cout<< "Movie Star 2: " << fields.star2 <<endl;
				cout<< "Movie Producer: " << fields.producer <<endl;
				cout<< "Movie Director: " << fields.director <<endl;
				cout<< "Production Company: " << fields.productionCo <<endl;
				cout<< "Number of Available Copies In Stock: " << fields.availableCopies <<endl;
				cout<< "Total Copies in Store: " << fields.copiesInStock <<endl;
 
				cout<< "\n\n";
 
				//////////edit into temporary storage
 
				cout<<"Video Title: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPtitle, 30);
 
				cout<<"Movie Star 1: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPstar1, 30);
 
				cout<<"Movie Star 2: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPstar2, 30);
 
				cout<<"Movie Producer: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPproducer, 30);
 
				cout<<"Movie Director: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPdirector, 30);
 
				cout<<"Production Company: ";
				cin.getline(temp.TEMPproductionCo, 30);
 
				cout<<"Number of Available Copies in Stock: ";
				cin>> temp.TEMPavailableCopies;
 
				cout<<"Total Copies in Store: ";
				cin>> temp.TEMPcopiesInStock;
 
				//seek position of the original file and replace using write
				file4.seekp(num*sizeof(fields),ios::beg);	//move the write ponter this time
				file4.write( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&temp), sizeof(fields)); //<-- Edited Version
				break;
 
			}
 
			num = counter++;
 
			file4.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&fields), sizeof(fields) );
 
		}
 
		if(flag==1)
		{
			cout<<"Video title not found!"<<endl;
			fflush(stdin);
		}
 
		cout << endl;
		file4.close();
		system("Pause");
		system("Cls");
 
	}