A C function that reads an entire line from a stream. It was originally a GNU extension that was standardized in POSIX.1-2008.
Questions tagged [getline]
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Reading a Text file with Mixed Input using cin and/or strings
I have just begun to tackle a coding problem I must solve, and am unsure how to get started and accomplish the task. There are multiple text files composed of words. If a word is a number, then that is a student's score on a question, so you add it…
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How to get input to a string that does not terminate with a space?
#include
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
vectorGames;
vector::iterator iter;
string command;
string name;
cin>>command;
if(command=="add"){
cout<<"You…
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Using getline on html file
I have this assignment to search for certian info in a html file and put the result into text file. I wanted to do it using getline, but somehow it's not working. I have no problems with using getline on text file so I assumed that you cannot use…
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awk remove unwanted records and consolidate multiline fields to one line record in specific order
I have an output file that I am trying to process into a formatted csv for our audit team.
I thought I had this mastered until I stumbled across bad data within the output. As such, I want to be able to handle this using awk.
MY OUTPUT FILE…
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Getline Function Messing with Code
Picking up C++ and having a go at it on OS X 10.9 using XCode 5.0.2 and using Alex Allain as reference.
The following code compiles just fine and outputs correctly
#include
#include
using namespace std;
int…
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show keywords in a text using VStudio 2012 with c++
I have a problem with my program, which is used to segment a text file to display keywords and store them in another file,
assume that "my_text.txt" file contains all the words of my text, separated with a newline, and "empty_words.txt" file…
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Can't delete nextline after getline(cin , (variable)) in a txt file
I am writing a simple program where the user can:
A: add a new client
B: see list of clients
C: delete the database
D: delete a client
it works well for the most part, the problem is basically that every client also has debt.
The debt is shown in…
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I can't read a single line using getline()
I've got a class:
class DataBase{
private:
fstream db_file;
public:
DataBase(){
db_file.open("db.txt", std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
}
void couteverything(){
string line;
if(db_file.good() &&…
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Input object data from a file in a specific format, add/edit that data, and then output it to the file again
so this is my first time posting a question here so please bear with me. I am studying computer science for my bachelors, and I would like some help. We have created various Classes that are all part of a Roster Management System. I have all the…
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Getline doesn't work for some reason
map - is a file that I opened.
line - string
The upper part works, but the lower part does not.
getline(map, line);
getline(ssvalues, values, '|'); // Gets the name of the tileset file
tileset.loadFromFile(values.c_str());
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for loop file data is repeating and skipping other lines c++
I'm almost done with my program that reads in contact data, except when I read it in, certain lines repeat and skip other lines. For example, this is what happens currently:
Name: Herb SysAdmin
Address: 27 Technology Drive
Age: 27 Technology…
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Segmentation Fault (core dump) error
I am writing a program that is intended to count the number of times each word occurs in a text file. I am getting a runtime error that says: Segmentation fault (core dumped). I understand this has to do with trying to access memory that has not…
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C++ read a metadate file, and process the fields separated by a mix of whitespace and :
I know that there are tons of posts related to reading files in C+, but I still couldn't figure out how to utilize it for my specific purpose.
I have a file as below, the first two lines specify a variable number of regions, and from the 3rd line…
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Data validation from getline in C++
I want to ask the user if they want to continue playing another round or quit. If they want to continue I expect them to enter two words in getline, but if they enter quit, I want to break;. Is this possible?
Can I check to see if the first letter…
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Read float values until ENTER
I have to multiply two polynomials.
Input:
2 lines of text each containing 1 to 1000 coefficients (floats) separated by spaces.
Output:
Result of multiplication.
I already found the function that will multiply them, but I have no idea how to read…
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