Just starting to learn C++ and I need some help

[rarment]

I'm just starting to learn C++ and I need some help. I need to be able to read in a text file and pull out numbers from the file (like a news story, etc). I will need to be able to do other checks with the numbers as well, I'm just looking for a starting point right now. Just want to make sure that I have an idea of how to proceed.

I will need to open the file
Then read the file line by line with getLine
But I am not sure how to find just the digits and extract them...

I know this is probably a very simple question, but thank you for any help!

[parth27987]

//Nov 19,2010
//This lab does some leftover string stuff and introduces the concept of writing to and reading from data files.
#include<iostream>
#include <string>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
int main (void)
{
	//Brif intro to string class
	string name;
	name = "Jrussell";
	cout << name << endl;
	cout << "The length of name is " << name.length() <<".\n";

	//reading from a data file
	ifstream inFile; //infile = cin
	inFile.open("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\names.txt");

	if(inFile.fail()){
		cout<<"OMG-it didn't open! WTF?" << endl;
		exit(1);
	}
	int numNames = 0;
	while (!(inFile.eof())){
	inFile >> name;
	cout << name << endl;
	numNames++;
	}
	inFile.clear();
	inFile.close();
	inFile.open("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\names.txt");

	int index;
	string* namePtr = new string[numNames];
	for(index = 0; index < numNames; index++)
		inFile >> namePtr[index];
	
	

	ofstream outFile("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\newnames.txt");
	if (outFile.fail()){
		cout << "Error opening" << endl;
		exit(1);
	}
	for (index = 0; index < numNames; index ++){
		outFile << "Name# " << index+1 << "is: ";
		outFile << namePtr[index] << ".\n";
	}
	outFile.close();
}

[parth27987]

so here this program reads the name from file on desktop! u need to include the file path as u see here! and u can do bunch of stuff with it! hope this helps!

[parth27987]

and if u copy paste this prog and run it without file on specified location it will show the error message...

[rarment]

That is great, thank you! How do I scan through and only pull of the strings that contain numbers? I need to get rid of everything else, and just store the numbers? Should I read them as tokens and use like isDigit? Or how would be the best way to go about that? Thank you again for your help!

[parth27987]

start from beginning and assign each digit to an array. then it will be easy to scan the digits.

[Fbody]

Use the appropriate version of getline() to read the file line-by-line, reading each line into either a std::string object or a char array.

Then, after you've read a line, use a loop to review each char in the read line. If the char is a digit either store it some place else or write it to the file; otherwise ignore it and move on to the next.

[rarment]

What about something like this, and then I can parse through the array? Does that make sense, or am I going about this completely wrong??

int main ()
{
	string LineList[100000];
	ifstream infile; 
   cout << "Reading from the file" << endl; 
   infile.open("test.txt"); 
   if(inFile.fail()){
		cout<<"File not found" << endl;
		exit(1);
	while (!inFile.eos())
    {
         inFile.get(getch);
         if (getch=='\r') continue;
         if (getch == '\n' || inFile.eos() )
         {
               WordList[++LineIndex]=tempstring;
               tempstring="";
         }

	}

}

[Fbody]

Your formatting isn't that great so it's difficult to see your intent. I can see a few braces that aren't paired correctly such as the if statement you're using for error-checking on Lines 7-9. Where does that statement block end? As written, it ends on Line 22 and you have no closing brace for your main().

Ignoring that, another thing that I see is that you aren't using "getline()" as required by the assignment (as I understand the assignment). The way you've written it, (again, ignoring the improper structure of your if statement) you are attempting to read the file char-by-char instead of line-by-line.

Here is the basic structure you're looking for:

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

const string fileName = "myFile.txt";  //declare a constant for the file name

int main()
{
  //declare and initialize the file stream
  std::ifstream dataFile(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::in);

  //verify the file stream is valid
  if (!dataFile.is_open()) {
    std::cout << "Error opening file!";
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  //declare the input string
  std::string readString;

  while (std::getline(dataFile, readString)) {
    for(int i = 0; i < (readString.length()); ++i) {

      //if char is a digit, store the char\

    }

    //finish analyzing detected digits and react accordingly

  } //end while

  dataFile.clear();   //reset the stream's error/EOF condition

  //additional code

  dataFile.close();   //close the file stream

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Notice the nested loops starting on Line 21...

I also noticed that you're using inFile.eos() . As far as I know, there is no such thing. Did you mean inFile.eof() ? It's really not the best choice because of the conditions that are required for that status to be set. You're better off basing your condition on whether you've had a successful read or not.

[rarment]

That is great! Thank you. My next question is I need to take the digit, say -123.4567 and turn it into -1234567. Basically I just need to remove the decimal place.