.txt to c++

[Jack Van Stone]

I am trying to convert a .txt file to an array in c++. The problem is the text file contains:

a letter a number a letter a letter a letter a number
a letter a number a letter a letter a letter a number

I want to create a 2d array so that it will look like this

(a letter) (a number) (a letter a letter a letter) (a number)
(a letter) (a number) (a letter a letter a letter) (a number)

How can I let c++ ignore the spaces between the mid three letters and consider the spaces between the letter and the number only and what will be the type of array?

Thanks

[Grime]

Type of the array would be std::string, if you'd like.

You can use this is the pattern is sure to be how you've mentioned.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>

int main() {

	std::vector< std::vector< std::string> > arr;
	std::ifstream file("lol.txt");
	std::string word, temp;

	for (int i = 0; i<2; i++) {
		arr.resize(i + 1);

		arr[i].push_back(word);
		file >> word;
		arr[i].push_back(word);

		for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
			file >> word;
			temp += word;
			temp += ' ';
		}
		arr[i].push_back(temp);
		temp.clear();

		file >> word;
		arr[i].push_back(word);	
	}

	for (auto& i : arr) {
		for (auto& j : i) {
			std::cout << j;
		}
		std::cout << '\n';
	}

	std::cin.ignore(INT_MAX, '\n');
	std::cin.get();
}

[dutch]

Yet another retarded answer by Grimes! Anyway...

Your description is not entirely clear.
Do you mean:

a 1 b c d 2
e 3 f g h 4

How about an array of structs.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

struct Record {
    char a;
    int  x;
    char b[4];
    int  y;
};

int main() {
    std::vector<Record> records;
    std::ifstream in("filename");
    std::string line;
    while (std::getline(in, line)) {
        std::istringstream ss(line);
        Record rec;
        if (!(ss >> rec.a
                 >> rec.x
                 >> rec.b[0]
                 >> rec.b[1]
                 >> rec.b[2]
                 >> rec.y))
            continue;
        rec.b[3] = '\0';
        records.push_back(rec);
    }
    for (const Record& r: records)
        std::cout << r.a << ", " << r.x << ", " << r.b << ", " << r.y << '\n';
}

[jonnin]

another option is that letters ARE numbers. if the numbers in the file are integers a simple array of integers will work, can a quick cast on the letter columns back to char if needed (say, to print them) would work fine.

int derp[] = {1234, 'x', 5678, 'j'};
cout << (char)(derp[1]) << endl; // writes the x letter out.
cout << derp[0]; //writes the 1234 number out.

and so on.

the standard >> operator on files will ignore whitespace.

[Jack Van Stone]

Problem solved, thank you, guys