My first thread and i hope that u help me ^_^

Comp_Lover · #1 01-May-2006, 11:13

Hi all.

This is my first participation here, in this perfect forum.

first of all, I'm a student in comp. science and I'm still a bigginer in programming.

I'm facing some problems in strings and i hope that u'll help me.

here i have some problems :

How can i read a paragraph from a file then allow the user 2 edit it ??

I mean by editing that how can i allow him 2 add, remove or modify a word !!!!

one more thing ..

how can i print on the screen the following (( total numbers )) :

• Characters (All)
• Words
• Lines
• Spaces
• Commas
• Full stops

what i think that we can print all these by declaring a counter 4 each one, but the main problem that i faced is how 2 read it from a file correctly ??

I hope that u understood me ^_^

Waiting 4 ure replies ..!!

Sokar · #2 01-May-2006, 12:40

Welcome Comp_Lover,
It would be easier if you could post what you have so far or what you have tried. That way the help that is offered can be tailored for the approach you had in mind.

Comp_Lover · #3 02-May-2006, 08:27

This is all what i did.

Really i'm bad in strings.

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CPP / C++ / C Code:

#include "iostream.h"
#include "iomanip.h"
#include "fstream.h"
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
using std::string;

int main ()
{
	int choice;
	const int size = 1000;
	char string[size];
	int charCounter=0;
	int wordCounter=0;
	int lineCounter=0;
	int spaceCounter=0;
	int commascounter=0;
	int fullstopsCount=0;


	ifstream myfile;
	myfile.open( "cheatingpolicy.txt" );

	if ( myfile.fail() )
	{
		cout << "Cannot open file ..!!" << endl;
		return 1;
	}

	for ( int i=0; i<size; i++ )
	{
		myfile >> string[i];

		if ( myfile.eof() )
			break;

		++charCounter;

		if ( string[i] == ' ' )
		{
			++wordCounter;
			++spaceCounter;
		}

		if ( string[i] == ',' )
			++commascounter;

		if ( string[i] == '.' )
			++fullstopsCount;
	}

	do 
	{
		cout << "Select the choice you want please: " << endl << endl;
		cout << "1. Display Cheating policy." << endl;
		cout << "2. Display statistical report." << endl;
		cout << "3. Display unsorted words." << endl;
		cout << "4. Sort the words." << endl;
		cout << "5. Display sorted words." << endl;
		cout << "6. Add a word." << endl;
		cout << "7. Remove a word." << endl;
		cout << "8. Modify a word." << endl;
		cout << "9. Exit." << endl;
		
		cin >> choice;

		if ( choice == 1 )
		{
			for ( int j=0; j<size ; j++ )
			{
				cout << string[j];

				if ( (j % 30) == 0 )
				{
					cout << endl;
					++lineCounter;
				}
			}
		}

		if ( choice == 2 )
		{
			cout << "There are " << charCounter << " charachters" << endl;
			cout << setw(7) << wordCounter << " words" << endl;
			cout << setw(7) << spaceCounter << " spaces" << endl;
			cout << setw(7) << commascounter << " commas" << endl;
			cout << setw(7) << fullstopsCount << " fullstops" << endl;
			cout << setw(7) << lineCounter << " lines." << endl;
		}

		if ( choice == 9 )
			return 1;

	}while (-1);

	return 0;
}

And the problem is in an attachment ..

Sokar · #4 02-May-2006, 09:29

For simplitcty and testing at this stage I have removed some code so that it can be added back in stages. So we have this.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	int choice;
	const int size = 1000;
	char string[size] = "Hi all. This is my first participation here, in this perfect forum. first of all, I am a student in comp. science and I am still a bigginer in programming.";
	int charCounter=0;
	int wordCounter=0;
	int lineCounter=0;
	int spaceCounter=0;
	int commascounter=0;
	int fullstopsCount=0;

	return 0;
}

You have this.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

for ( int i=0; i<size; i++ )

For the size in this "for loop" you should use how many characters are in the char array not the size you allocated.
Let us take a look at how to get the "size" of a char array. One way is to use "strlen" from #include <cstring>.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

int test = strlen(string);

If you want to write the code and not use "strlen" then you could just do something like this.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

    int index = 0;
    while(string[index])
        index++;

The reason the while loop works is because when the loop encounters the null character('\0') it will fail.
So that will let you setup your "for loop" and give you the answer to "Characters (All)". So the next step would be to set that up and go from there by adding back stuff one thing at a time making sure they work as expected before adding more code.
I know this is does not answer all your questions. But we have to start some place. Post any updated code and any error messages if there are any.

Comp_Lover · #5 03-May-2006, 10:09

Helle mr. Sokar

This is all what i did.

please check it.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

#include "iostream.h"
#include "iomanip.h"
#include "fstream.h"
#include <cstring>

void charCounter( char [] ); // this function is counting the charachters.
void wordCounter( char [] ); // this function is counting the words.
void lineCounter( char [] ); // this function is counting the lines.
void spaceCounter( char [] ); // this function is counting the spaces.
void commascounter( char [] ); // this function is counting the commas.
void fullstopsCount( char [] );// this function is counting the fullstops.
void sortingWords( char [] ); // this function is sorting the words.

int main ()
{
	int choice;
	const int size = 1000;
	char charachter;
	char string1[size];
	char string2[size];
	char sortedWords[size];
	char word[50]; // this string save the word that will be added by the user.
	char word2[50];


	ifstream myfile;
	myfile.open( "cheatingpolicy.txt" );

	if ( myfile.fail() )
	{
		cout << "Cannot open file ..!!" << endl;
		return 1;
	}

	while(myfile.eof())
	{
		for (int i=0;i<1000;i++)
		{
			myfile >> charachter;
			string1[i] = charachter;
		}
	}

	strcpy(string2,string1);
	strcpy(sortedWords,string1);

	do 
	{
		cout << "Select the choice you want please: " << endl << endl;
		cout << "1. Display Cheating policy." << endl;
		cout << "2. Display statistical report." << endl;
		cout << "3. Display unsorted words." << endl;
		cout << "4. Sort the words." << endl;
		cout << "5. Display sorted words." << endl;
		cout << "6. Add a word." << endl;
		cout << "7. Remove a word." << endl;
		cout << "8. Modify a word." << endl;
		cout << "9. Exit." << endl;
		
		cin >> choice;

		if ( choice == 1 )
		{
			for ( int z=0; z<size; z++ )
				cout << string1;
		}

		if ( choice == 2 )
		{
			charCounter( string1 );
			wordCounter( string1 );
			lineCounter( string1 );
			spaceCounter( string1 );
			commascounter( string1 );
			fullstopsCount( string1 );
			sortingWords( string1 );
		}

		if ( choice == 3 )
			cout << string2;

		if ( choice == 4 )
			sortingWords( sortedWords );

		if ( choice == 5 )
			cout << sortedWords;

		if ( choice == 6)
		{
			cout << "Print the word please.. " << endl;
			cin >> word;

			cout << "Print the word that you want to add yours after.." << endl;
			cin >> word2;
			for ( int m=0; m<size; m++ )
				if ( string2[m] == word2[m] )
				{
					strcat(string2,word);
					word2[m] = '\n';
				}
		}

		if ( choice == 7 )
		{
			cout << "Print the word that you want to remove.." << endl;
			cin >> word2;

			for ( int n=0; n<size; n++ )
				if ( string2[n] == word2[n] )
				{
					string2[n] = '\n';
				}
		}

		if ( choice == 9 )
			return 1;

	}while (-1);

	return 0;
}

void charCounter( char charachter [1000] )
{
	cout << "There are " << strlen(charachter) << " charechter" << endl;
}

void wordCounter( char words[1000] )
{
	int counter=0;
	char *stringPtr;

	stringPtr = strtok(words," ");

	while (stringPtr!=NULL)
	{
		stringPtr = strtok(NULL," ");
		counter++;
	}

	cout << setw(11) << counter << " words" << endl;
}

void lineCounter( char lines [1000] )
{
	int counterOfLines =0;

	for ( int i=0; i<1000; i++ )
	{
		if ( lines[i] == '\n' )
			++counterOfLines;
	}

	cout << setw(11) << counterOfLines << " lines" << endl;
}

void spaceCounter( char spaces [1000] )
{
	int counterOfSpaces =0;

	for ( int i=0; i<1000; i++ )
	{
		if ( spaces[i] == '\0' )
			++counterOfSpaces;
	}

	cout << setw(11) << counterOfSpaces << " spaces" << endl;
}

void commascounter( char commas [] )
{
	int counterOfCommas = 0;

	for ( int i=0; i<1000; i++ )
	{
		if ( commas[i] == ',' )
			++counterOfCommas;
	}

	cout << setw(11) << counterOfCommas << " commas" << endl;
}

void fullstopsCount( char fStops [] )
{
	int counterOfFullStp = 0;

	for ( int i=0; i<1000; i++ )
	{
		if ( fStops[i] == '.' )
			++counterOfFullStp;
	}

	cout << setw(11) << counterOfFullStp << " fullstops" << endl;
}

void sortingWords( char Sort [] )
{
	int empty;

	for ( int j=0; j<999; j++ )
		
		for ( int k=0; k<999; k++ )

			if ( Sort[k] > Sort[k+1] )
			{
				empty = Sort[k];
				Sort[k] = Sort[k+1];
				Sort[k+1] = empty;
			}
}

cjavac#c++_vbP · #6 03-May-2006, 10:15

void spaceCounter( char spaces [1000] )
{
int counterOfSpaces =0;

for ( int i=0; i<1000; i++ )
{
if ( spaces[i] == '\0' )
++counterOfSpaces;
}

cout << setw(11) << counterOfSpaces << " spaces" << endl;
}

I think the space character is ' ' not '\0'. Isnt '\0' the NULL character.

cjavac#c++_vbP · #7 03-May-2006, 10:19

void wordCounter( char words[1000] )
{
int counter=0;
char *stringPtr;

stringPtr = strtok(words," ");

while (stringPtr!=NULL)
{
stringPtr = strtok(NULL," ");
counter++;
}

cout << setw(11) << counter << " words" << endl;
}

I think also for word count, what if the person enter two or more consecutive spaces like: "I(3 spaces)am" versus "I(1 space)am" think we need to examine the current and either
(a) increment if the current is a space && decrement if the previous was a space.
or
(b) increment if the current is a space && decrement if the next is a space.'
or
(c) increment only if the next character is not a space or comma or fullstop or question mark .... you get the idea. Am sure we dont want to count "I am a boy. . . ." and count the .'s as words.

Ofcourse we would have to make sure when looking at the next or previous our bounds are safe.

Sokar · #8 03-May-2006, 12:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Comp_Lover

Helle mr. Sokar

This is all what i did.

please check it.

I looked at the code but did not get past this.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

	while(myfile.eof())
	{
		for (int i=0;i<1000;i++)
		{
			myfile >> charachter;
			string1[i] = charachter;
		}
	}

When you call "eof()" it returns the value 1 or true if the end of the stream has been reached, 0 or false otherwise. Since the end of file has not been reached it returns "0" and since putting "0" in the "while" statement indicates to stop execution of the loop the loop will never execute.
So what might be a solution?
One might immediately think this.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

	while(!myfile.eof())
	{
		for (int i=0;i<1000;i++)
		{
			myfile >> charachter;
			string1[i] = charachter;
		}
	}

But that in now going to read "1000" characters because of your for loop and when the for loop is finished we go back around to check "while(!myfile.eof())" and the loop will fail only if there are less than a "1000" characters. But what if there are only "100" characters then the other characters are just garbage in the string. The other thing is in many cases it is up to you to make sure the end of the string is marked with the null character '\0'. In this case, had that worked it would have been up to you to add the '\0' to the end of the string. I can not say it enough about in many cases it is up yo you to add the null character '\0' to the end of the string.
You could start testing with something like this maybe.

CPP / C++ / C Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
	const int size = 1000;
	char charachter;
	char string1[size];

	ifstream myfile;
	myfile.open( "cheatingpolicy.txt" );

	if ( myfile.fail() )
	{
		cout << "Cannot open file ..!!" << endl;
		return 1;
	}

	while(!myfile.eof())
	{
		for (int i=0;i<1000;i++)
		{
			myfile >> charachter;
			string1[i] = charachter;
			cout << "i : " << i++ << endl;
		}
	}

	cout << string1 << endl;

	return 0;
}

Replace the name of the file or the contents of the file with something small for testing maybe this.

"Hi all. This is my first participation here, in this perfect forum. first of all, I am a student in comp. science and I am still a bigginer in programming."

Without the quotes. Get that to work and we can take a look at the rest.

Post any updated code and any error messages if there are any.

cjavac#c++_vbP · #9 03-May-2006, 12:18

I apologize for not including the C++ tags......... I jut learned of how to do it couple moments ago from WaltP

ubergeek · #10 03-May-2006, 13:54

CPP / C++ / C Code:

cout << "i : " << i++ << endl;

why are you incrementing i as you display it? this will only input 500 characters, now

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