Is there a way to copy and paste data while simultaneously increasing a number in that data each time?

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Basically I have in my program -

    team[0].game[2] = loadvar[1];
    team[0].game[3] = loadvar[2];
    team[0].game[4] = loadvar[3];
    team[0].game[5] = loadvar[4];
    team[0].game[6] = loadvar[5];
    team[0].game[7] = loadvar[6];
    team[0].game[8] = loadvar[7];
    team[0].game[9] = loadvar[8];
    team[0].game[10] = loadvar[9];
    team[0].game[11] = loadvar[10];
    team[0].game[12] = loadvar[11];
    
    team[1].game[1] = loadvar[13];
    team[1].game[2] = loadvar[14];
    team[1].game[3] = loadvar[15];
    team[1].game[4] = loadvar[16];
    team[1].game[5] = loadvar[17];
    team[1].game[6] = loadvar[18];
    team[1].game[7] = loadvar[19];
    team[1].game[8] = loadvar[20];
    team[1].game[9] = loadvar[21];
    team[1].game[10] = loadvar[22];
    team[1].game[11] = loadvar[23];
    team[1].game[12] = loadvar[24];

    team[2].game[1] = loadvar[26];
    team[2].game[2] = loadvar[27];
    team[2].game[3] = loadvar[28];
    team[2].game[4] = loadvar[29];
    team[2].game[5] = loadvar[30];
    team[2].game[6] = loadvar[31];
    team[2].game[7] = loadvar[32];
    team[2].game[8] = loadvar[33];
    team[2].game[9] = loadvar[34];
    team[2].game[10] = loadvar[35];
    team[2].game[11] = loadvar[36];
    team[2].game[12] = loadvar[37];
    
    team[3].game[1] = loadvar[39];
    team[3].game[2] = loadvar[40];
    team[3].game[3] = loadvar[41];
    team[3].game[4] = loadvar[42];
    team[3].game[5] = loadvar[43];
    team[3].game[6] = loadvar[44];
    team[3].game[7] = loadvar[45];
    team[3].game[8] = loadvar[46];
    team[3].game[9] = loadvar[47];
    team[3].game[10] = loadvar[48];
    team[3].game[11] = loadvar[49];
    team[3].game[12] = loadvar[50];
    
    team[4].game[1] = loadvar[52];
    team[4].game[2] = loadvar[53];
    team[4].game[3] = loadvar[54];
    team[4].game[4] = loadvar[55];
    team[4].game[5] = loadvar[56];
    team[4].game[6] = loadvar[57];
    team[4].game[7] = loadvar[58];
    team[4].game[8] = loadvar[59];
    team[4].game[9] = loadvar[60];
    team[4].game[10] = loadvar[61];
    team[4].game[11] = loadvar[62];
    team[4].game[12] = loadvar[63];

I'm retrieving the data from a text file. Basically, in the program, I'm having to copy and paste the same thing over and over again, and increasing the array number for the team and loadvar. Is there anyway I can copy and paste it, and it do the number increasing for me?

Imagine what you code would look like if you had 100 teams and 100 games. — Jabberwocky, Apr 22 '21 at 07:23

acraig5075 · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-22T06:09:12.417

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Simply don't copy + paste, rather use loops to do the incrementing numbers, e.g. for

int v = 1;

for (int t = 0; t < 5; ++t)
{
    for (int g = 1; g <= 12; ++g)
    {
        team[t].game[g] = loadvar[v++];
    }
}

I've kept game indexed from 1-12 as in your question, but I suspect you might mean to index from 0-11. Be careful of this common source of bug for beginner programming.

edited Apr 22 '21 at 06:09

answered Apr 22 '21 at 06:03

acraig5075

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Thank you so much for the help! I can't believe I didn't think of this, you just saved me hundred of hours bro! Thanks again!! – Troy Cox Apr 22 '21 at 22:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '21 at 05:49

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If you really want to copy and paste, you can write something like this

int i = 0;
int j = 2;
int k = 1;
team[i].game[j++] = loadvar[k++];
team[i].game[j++] = loadvar[k++];

and so on. However the shorter and less error prone way would be two nested for loops.

answered Apr 22 '21 at 05:49

SIREN

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Thanks for the response. I'll try it out. – Troy Cox Apr 22 '21 at 22:52

Is there a way to copy and paste data while simultaneously increasing a number in that data each time?

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