search engine

[ammama]

We are new to programming in C++. With no previous programming experience in any other language and, we have this class project in which we need to make a mp3 search engine in which the code takes entry from the user and retrieves it from the computer memory.We have no idea as to where we should start off. Can someone please tell us what to study?

[writetonsharma]

computer memory? Do you mean secondary storage/hard drive?

The first thing you will have to learn is C/C++ before you can do anything. Take any good C++ book and start reading. Than you have to implement directory searching using C++.

[firix]

good project.As the saying writetonsharma.first learn C++.

good luck.

[ammama]

We have studied basic C++ commands, arrays, strings, fstreams, recursion.

how can we make a search engine using this knowledge?

and, umm yes.Hard drive...

also, tell us any additional study that we need to do to work on this search engine.

Thankyou :)

[writetonsharma]

which OS you are working on.

[ammama]

windows vista.

[writetonsharma]

Here the link to file management functions specific to windows OS:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364232%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

you may need these:

FindFirstFile
FindNextFile
GetFileAttributes

and you can implement a search application which will start from any directory and will search for any specific extension files. keep on going inside the directories while searching.

[ammama]

okay. anything else we need to study?

[writetonsharma]

As you said you can do coding in C++ than you just have to read about these function's. Read the msdn and you will understand if you want to read something else also to support your application and you will be ready to go.

[ammama]

okies..thank you very much