reading from file not working-hangman game

[m0bb1n]

Hello,

For some reason, I can't seem to find out why the file won't open so I can read from it. I want to read from it, and put each line in a string for hangman game. This is so people can add there own words through a txt document.

Here is the ifstream segment

pressEnter("continue");
    vector <string> wordBank;
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("wordbank.txt");
    string tempWord;
    if (fin.is_open())
    {
        cout << "Successfully opened Filed!" << endl;
        pressEnter("continue");
        while(fin >> tempWord)
        {
            wordBank.push_back(tempWord);
        }
        fin.close();
        wordSelect(wordBank);
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "No wordBank file found.  Using default words!" << endl;
        pressEnter("continue");
    }

-and the whole code is below. Any feedback for the code is appreciated. Thanks in advance

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

vector<char> board;
vector<string> body (6);
vector<char> wrongChar (6);
int correct=-1;
void menu();

string wordSelect(vector<string>& wordBanktxt)
{
    string word;
    if (wordBanktxt.size()>0)
    {
        srand(time(0));
        int random=rand()%(wordBanktxt.size()+1)+0;
        word=wordBanktxt[random];
    }
    else
    {
        string wordBank[10]={"campaign","idiom","converse","ignorance","manufacture","document","individual","literate","assistance","execution"};
        srand(time(0));
        int rD=rand()%(10+1)+0;
        word=wordBank[rD];
    }
    return word;
}

void pressEnter(string conWord)
{
    cout << string(3,'\n'); // MAKES SCREEN CLEANER AND MORE READABLE
    cout << "Press 'Enter' to " << conWord << "." << endl;  //conWord is the action
    cin.get(); //TAKES USER'S INPUT
    system("clear"); //CLEARS SCREEN
}

void help()
{
    system("clear");
    cout << "**********" << endl;
    cout << "***Help***" << endl;
    cout << "**********" << endl;
    string(3,'\n');

    cout << "\t WHERE U PUT THE FUCKING RULES" << endl;
    cin.ignore();
    pressEnter("go back to menu");
}
void promptLose(string word)
{
    system("clear");
    cout << "##  ##  ## ##" << endl;
    cout << "##  ##  ## ##" << endl;
    cout << "##  ##  ## ##" << endl;
    cout << "#############" << endl;
    cout << "|###########|" << endl;
    cout << "| ######### |" << endl;
    cout << "|           |" << endl;
    cout << "| (X)   (X) |" << endl;
    cout << "|     >     |" << endl;
    cout << "|   _____   |" << endl;
    cout << "|___________|" << endl;

    cout << "Sorry... You died because of your stupidity!  The word was '" << word << "'!" << endl;
    pressEnter("go back to menu");
}

void promptWin()
{
    cout << string(3, '\n');
    cout << "Congrats!  You got the word so you didn't die!" << endl;
    pressEnter("go back to menu");
}

char setBoard(int length)
{
    for(int i=0; i<6; i++)
    {
        wrongChar[i]=' ';
    }

    board.resize(length);
    for(int i=0; i<board.size(); i++)
    {
        board[i]='_';
    }
    for(int i=0; i<body.size(); i++)
    {
        body[i]=' ';
    }
}

void printBoard(int incorrect)
{
    if (incorrect>0)
    {
        if (incorrect==1)
        {
            body[0]="0";
        }
        if (incorrect==2)
        {
            body[1]="|";
        }
        if (incorrect==3)
        {
            body[2]="/";
        }
        if (incorrect==4)
        {
            body[3]="\b\\ ";
        }
        if (incorrect==5)
        {
            body[4]="/";
        }
        if (incorrect==6)
        {
            body[5]="\\";
        }
    }
    system("clear");
    cout << "\t " << "|========||" << endl;
    cout << "\t " << "|        ||" << endl;
    cout << "\t " << body[0] << "        ||" << endl;
    cout << "\t" << body[2] << "";
    cout << body[1] << " ";
    cout << body[3] << "      ||" << endl;
    cout << "\t" << body[4] << " ";
    cout << body[5] << "       ||" << endl;
    cout << "\t" <<"          ||" << endl;
    cout << "\t" <<"     =========" << endl;

    cout << endl;

    for(int i=0; i<board.size(); i++)
    {
        cout << board[i];
        cout << " ";
    }
    cout << endl;
    cout << endl;
    cout << "Incorrect Letters" << endl;
    cout << "___________________" << endl;
    cout << "| "<< wrongChar[0] <<"| "<< wrongChar[1] <<"| "<< wrongChar[2] <<"| "<< wrongChar[3] <<"| "<< wrongChar[4] <<"| "<<wrongChar[5]<<"| "<< endl;
    cout << "-------------------" << endl;
}

int replaceChar(string word,char guess,int tempCorrect,int incorrect)
{
    int numLetter=0;
    int length=word.length();
    vector <char> guessRep (length);
    for(int i=0; i<length; i++)
    {
        if (word[i]==guess)
        {
            numLetter++;
            board[i]=guess;
        }
    }
    if (numLetter==1)
    {
        cout << "There is " << numLetter << " " << guess << "!" << endl;
        tempCorrect++;
        correct=0;
    }
    if (numLetter==0)
    {
        cout << "There are no " << guess << "'s!" << endl;
        correct=1;
        if (incorrect<=6)
        {
        wrongChar[incorrect]=guess;
        }
    }
    if (numLetter>=2)
    {
        cout << "There are " << numLetter << " " << guess << "'s!" << endl;
        tempCorrect=tempCorrect+numLetter;
    }
    cin.ignore();
    pressEnter("continue");
    return tempCorrect;
}


int playGame()
{
    pressEnter("continue");
    vector <string> wordBank;
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("wordbank.txt");
    string tempWord;
    if (fin.is_open())
    {
        cout << "Successfully opened Filed!" << endl;
        pressEnter("continue");
        while(fin >> tempWord)
        {
            wordBank.push_back(tempWord);
        }
        fin.close();
        wordSelect(wordBank);
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "No wordBank file found.  Using default words!" << endl;
        pressEnter("continue");
    }
    char guess;
    string word=wordSelect(wordBank);
    int length=word.length();
    int tempCorrect=0;
    int incorrect=0;
    int counter=-1;
    setBoard(length);

    while(true)
    {
        printBoard(incorrect);
        cout << "Guess: ";
        cin >> guess;
        tempCorrect=replaceChar(word,guess,tempCorrect,incorrect);
        if (correct==1)
        {
        incorrect++;
        }

        if(tempCorrect==length)
        {
            promptWin();
            break;
        }
        if(incorrect==6)
        {
            promptLose(word);
            break;
        }
    }

    if(tempCorrect>length || tempCorrect<0)
    {
        cout << "Uh Oh..." << endl;
        cout << "~~~~~~~~" << endl;
        cout << "The program came across a problem." << endl;
        cout <<"Exiting...";
        cout << "tempCorrect: " << tempCorrect << endl;
        cout << "---------------" << endl;
        cout << "incorrect: " << incorrect << endl;
        cout << "---------------" << endl;
        exit(0);
    }

}

void menu()
{
    int tempChoice;

    cout << "**************" << endl;
    cout << "*****MENU*****" << endl;
    cout << "**************" << endl;
    string(3,'\n');

    cout << "\t 1) Play" << endl;
    cout << "\t 2) Help" << endl;
    cout << "\t 3) Exit" << endl;
    cin >> tempChoice;

    if(tempChoice==1)
    {
        playGame();
    }

    if(tempChoice==2)
    {
        help();
    }

    if(tempChoice==3)
    {
        exit(0);
    }
    system("clear");
}

int main()
{
    cout << "#####################" << endl;
    cout << "#*******************#" << endl;
    cout << "#******Hangman******#" << endl;
    cout << "#*******************#" << endl;
    cout << "#####################" << endl;
    pressEnter("continue");

    while(true)
    {
        menu();
    }
    return 0;
}

[mgoetschius]

First thing I'd check is if my file is in the working directory. I don't know what setup you have, but you might have to move the file into the /bin directory or something. Are you just getting "no wordbank file found" or whatever you have after else?

[m0bb1n]

First thing I'd check is if my file is in the working directory. I don't know what setup you have, but you might have to move the file into the /bin directory or something. Are you just getting "no wordbank file found" or whatever you have after else?

Yea I double checked the directory and tried it in /bin as well to no prevail. It just prints "no wordbank file found".

[mgoetschius]

Here is a minimal example that works for me. See if this works for you. You'll have to change the path to the absolute of your file. If you can get the absolute path to work, then you can start working on making your relative path work. You may just need a ./ in front of your file name.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main()
{
    std::ifstream fin;
    fin.open("C:/Mike/testfile.txt");  // change to the absolute path of your file
    if (fin.is_open())
    {
        std::string line;
        std::cout << "file opened" << std::endl;
        std::getline(fin, line);
        std::cout << line << std::endl;
        fin.close();
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "file not found" << std::endl;
    }
}

The only thing in my text file is

sample text

in a file called testfile.txt