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Hey guys,
I wrote a 'bigger' program that uses a basic algorithm to crypts a text I input from keyboard, or from another text file.
I have divided the program in the 'working' part and the 'non-working' part. The keyboard input is great, it works perfectly. But when I try reading from a file I have the following issues.

1. It doesn't save newlines.
2. If it does save newlines (code modifying) if there are more than 2 newlines, the coding algorithm messes up (it doubles the amount changed).

Here is the code only for the file read and encryption.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

ofstream f3("crypted.txt");
char text3[256];
unsigned int i=0;
int j,b=0;
void line_encrypt();
void file_read();
int main()
{
	file_read();
	cin.get();
	return 0;
}
void file_read()
{
	ifstream f2("source.txt");
	if (f2.is_open())
	{
		while(f2.good())
		{
			//f2>>text3; Reading Word with word, no way to save the newlines
			f2.getline(text3,256);	
			j=strlen(text3);cout<<" "<<j;text3[j]=' ';/*if I set the character replaced with '\n', it screws up the encryption algorithm.*/
			line_encrypt();
		}
		f2.close();f3.close();
	}
	else cout<<"error...";
	memset(text3, '\0', sizeof(text3));
}

void line_encrypt()
{
	i=0;
	for (i=0;i<=j;i++) {
		if(b==0) {
			text3[i]=text3[i]+'3'-'1'; b=1; }
		else {
			text3[i]=text3[i]-'5'+'2';b=0; }
		f3<<text3[i];
	}
}

The way the code is right now, it DOES not save any newlines..

So guys, I'm asking for your help, because I've wasted about 4 hours on this problem, trying various solutions and it DID not work.

Thanks.

pinkboom

LE:

this is the decryption algorithm:

void decrypt() {	
	ifstream f2("source.txt");
	ofstream f3("decrypted.txt");
	unsigned int i=0;
	int b=0;
	 if (f2.is_open())
	  {
		while ( f2.good() )
		{
			f2>>text2[i];i++;
		}
		f2.close();
	  }
	 cout<<endl;
	 for (i=0;i<strlen(text2);i++) {
       if(b==0) {text2[i]=text2[i]+'1'-'3'; b=1;}  //strcpy(text,text+'5'); b=1;}
       else { text2[i]=text2[i]-'2'+'5';b=0;}
	   f3<<text2[i];
	   cout<<text2[i];
       }
	memset(text2, '\0', sizeof(text2));
	f3.close();
	cin.get();
}

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You need to insert f3 << std::endl; after line 46 and before line 47.

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I have already tried that once, the problem is the following:
If I do that, in my output file, the newlines won't be "crypted" and when the decrypt program reads the file, it'll "decrypt" the newlines also, and the newlines won't be saved.

//source.txt
I am Legend
Are you legend?
Really?

asdfasdf

pinkboom	
boom


Your argument is invalid.
//crypted.txt
Kcj"Igdgkf
Cog{lwnbibpaA
TbcinvA
"
^uah^uah
"
mkkm_qlo"
_qlo
"

[lwo"^tdwjgkvkp"fpscika0
//decrypted.txt
I am Legend Are you legend? Really?  asdfasdf  pinkboom	 boom   Your argument is invalid.

Ah, I see. In that case I don't think that you can read in the file line-by-line, since one of your encrypted characters might end up being the new line character itself. So, to do this properly, you should read and encrypt the file one character at a time (or at least read the whole file into a buffer and then encrypt the characters). The problem with using getline is that it discards the newline character, so you will always have a problem unless you add them back in again.

You should also use std::string unless you have a really good reason. It will let you get rid of some of your nasty global variables :O)

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Well I was planning on using the string function, but I can't figure out how to encrypt it the same way I did it with the character array.

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Okay here's what I found out. I did the reading character by character (hopefully), but after I encrypt the file, the decryption is a bit weird.
My reading function also encodes the character now. And I got rid of all the global variables.

void file_read()
{	unsigned int i=0;int b=0;
	string text3; char ch;
	ifstream f2("source.txt");
	ofstream f3("crypted.txt");
	if (f2.is_open())
	{
		while(f2.good())
		{
			while( f2.get(ch) ) {
				text3[i]=ch;
				if(b==0) {
					text3[i]=text3[i]+'3'-'1'; b=1; }
				else {
					text3[i]=text3[i]-'5'+'2';b=0; }
				f3<<text3[i];
				i++;
			}
		}
		f2.close();f3.close();
	}
	else cout<<"error...";
}

Source.txt is the same as before.

//source.txt
I am Legend
Are you legend?
Really?

asdfasdf

pinkboom	
boom


Your argument is invalid.

After encrypting:

//crypted.txt
Kcj"IgdgkfCog{lwnbibpaATbcinvA^uah^uahmkkm_qlo_qlo[lwo"^tdwjgkvkp"fpscika0

After decrypting:

//decrypted.txt
I am Legend
Are you legend?
Really?
\x_k\x_kpinkboom	]tjr
Your argument is invalid.

I have no clue why that happens.

I think your decrypt function is wrong, the >> operator is probably stripping the newline characters. Try using f2.get(text2[i]) instead of f2 >> text2[i] in the decrypt function.

In fact, I'd probably replace the whole of this bit:

while ( f2.good() )
{
   f2 >> text2[i];
   i++;
}

with this:

while ( f2.good() )
{
   char ch;
   f2.get(ch);
   test2 += ch;
}

For strings the operator += is overloaded so that it appends things to the end of the string. The way you have it is likely to cause a segfault eventually, if you don't initialise the string to the right size at the start. This way, the string just keeps resizing as long as you keep adding characters.

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Yes!! It finally works. It was a flaw in the decrypt function.
Thanks for your patience ravenous! :)

Here's the encrypt and decrypt function:

//file read+encrypt
void file_read()
{	int i=0;int b=0;
	char text3[512];
	ifstream f2("input.txt");
	ofstream f3("crypted.txt");
	if (f2.is_open())
	{
		while(f2.good())
		{
            char ch;
            f2.get(ch);
			text3[i]=ch;
			if(b==0) {
				text3[i]=text3[i]+'3'-'1'; b=1; }
			else {
				text3[i]=text3[i]-'5'+'2';b=0; }
			f3<<text3[i];
			i++;
		}
		f2.close();f3.close();
    }
    else cout<<"error...";

}

And the decrypt function:

//decrypt
void decrypt_file() {
	ifstream f2("source.txt");
	ofstream f3("decrypted.txt");
	unsigned int i=0;
	int b=0;
	 if (f2.is_open())
	  {
        while ( f2.good() )
        {
            f2.get(text2[i]); i++;
        }
		f2.close();
	  }
	 cout<<endl;
	 for (i=0;i<strlen(text2);i++) {
       if(b==0) {text2[i]=text2[i]+'1'-'3'; b=1;}  //strcpy(text,text+'5'); b=1;}
       else { text2[i]=text2[i]-'2'+'5';b=0;}
	   f3<<text2[i];
	   cout<<text2[i];
       }
	memset(text2, '\0', sizeof(text2));
	f3.close();
	cin.get();
}
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