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Passing Command Line Arguments

cbouwkamp (84)
I need to pass command line arguments out of main. I am using a vector, but I am not sure how to sort out the contents of the vector when I get to the next class.

main.cpp
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#include "application.h"

int main(int argc,char *argv[]){
	application app;
	vector<string> args(argv, argv + argc);
	return app.run(args);
}


application.h
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#include <boost/regex.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
#include "time.h"
using namespace std;



class application{
private:
	//Variables
	boost::regex expression;
	string line;
	string pat;
	string replace;
	int lineNumber;
	char date[9];
	char time[9];
	
	
	void commandLine(vector<string> args){
		string  expressionTwo="";    // Expression
		string  textReplace="";	  // Replacement Text
		string  inputFile="";	  // Input File
		string  outputFile="";    // Output Directory
		for(vector<string>::iterator i = args.begin(); i != args.end(); ++i){
				if (*i == "-e") {
					expressionTwo = *i;
				}
				else if (*i == "-t") {
					textReplace = *i;
				}
				else if (*i == "-i") {
					inputFile = *i;
				}
				else if (*i == "-o") {
					outputFile = *i;
				}
				else{
					cout << "Unknown switch: " 
						 << "Please enter one of the correct parameters:\n" 
						<< "-e + \"expression\"\n-t + \"replacement Text\"\n-i + \"Input File\"\n-o + \"Onput File\"\n";
				}
			}
		cout << "Expression: " << expressionTwo << '\n';
		cout << "Replacement Text " << textReplace << '\n';
		cout << "Input File: " << inputFile << '\n';
		cout << "Output File: " << outputFile << '\n'; 
		}

	void getExpression(){
		cout << "Expression: ";
		getline(cin,pat);
		try{
			expression = pat;
		}
		catch(boost::bad_expression){
			cout << pat << " is not a valid regular expression\n";
			exit(1);
		}
	}

	void boostMatch(){
		//Define replace {FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY!!! REMOVE BEFORE SUBMITTING!!
		replace = "";
		_strdate_s(date);
		_strtime_s(time);
		lineNumber = 0;
		//Files to open
		//Input Files
		ifstream in("files/trff292010.csv");
			if(!in) cerr << "no file\n";
		//Output Files
		ofstream newFile("files/NEWtrff292010.csv");
		ofstream copy("files/ORIGtrff292010.csv");
		ofstream report("files/REPORT.dat", ios.app);
		lineNumber++;
		while(getline(in,line)){
			lineNumber++;
			boost::smatch matches;
			copy << line << '\n';
			if (regex_search(line, matches, expression)){
				for (int i = 0; i<matches.size(); ++i){
					report << "Time: " << time << "Date: " << date << '\n'
						<< "Line " << lineNumber <<": " << line << '\n';
					newFile << boost::regex_replace(line, expression, replace) << "\n";

				}
			}else{
				newFile << line << '\n';
			}
		}
	}

public:
	void run(vector<string> args){
		commandLine(args);
	}
};
cbouwkamp (84)
Does anyone have any helpful tips to lead me in the correct direction
Zhuge (4664)
What do you mean by "sort out the vectors"? And I think in your if statements you probably want to assign them to *(i + 1), otherwise your expressions will just be the option statements. You'll need to check you can even iterate to the next element, however.
cbouwkamp (84)
The vector should contain the argv and the argc. If I send the console command -e [*] it should find -e and make the string expressionTwo [*]. It doesnt it makes expressionTwo -e. It never finds the expression I enter in
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