Segfault on getline

I get wierd segfaults on the following code:

    ......  
    scanf("%d",&n);
    
    for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
        int x=0,y=0; int tot=0;
        getline(cin,a);
        i=0;
        for(int j=0;j<30;j++) {
            if (a[j]==',' || a[j]==' ' || a[j]=='	') {  //right here
                if (aa[i]!=0) {
                    i++;
                }
            } else {
                aa[i]++;
            }
        }
    .......

My guess is there is some crass mishandling of input here, but I really don't see where.

vlad from moscow (6539)

What are definitions of a and aa? Why did you decide that a has 30 characters?

andrepd (14)

Sorry, I didn't include the declarations.

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string a;
string b;
vector <int> aa,bb;

It's for an algorithm problem. I store the input in a and b then parse after and store the results on aa and bb The problem is only with the getline, if I'm not mistaken.

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andrepd (14)

bump.

ne555 (10692)

> Why did you decide that a has 30 characters?

Also, ¿where do you set the size of `aa'?

Use better identifiers

cire (8284)

a will be empty after the scanf if the number extracted is followed by a newline.

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'	'

doesn't represent what you think it represents. (had to add the newline to preserve the spaces.)

You are reusing the i from the outer loop in the loop body. Bad practice.

Actually describing what your code is intended to do would be helpful, as would providing a compilable example that exhibits the problem.

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TheIdeasMan (6817)

Also scanf returns a value - you should always assign & test it to see how successful it was before using any variable read in by it.

Why are you using scanf in a C++ program - learn how to use cin or stringstreams.

andrepd (14)

Ok, here is a compilable:

	int n;
	string a = "";
	string b = "";
	vector < int >aa, bb;
	int i;


	cin >> n;

		int x = 0, y = 0;
		int tot = 0;
		cin.ignore();
		// cout << endl;
		cout << '1';
		getline(cin, a);
		cout << '2';
		cout << a;
                cout << '3';

It segfaults before printing '2', and I'm a bit clueless.

coder777 (8444)

on line 7 you set i=0;, which means your have an infinite loop

andrepd (14)

I've fixed that, however it has nothing to do with the segfault. It seems to happen in the getline statement, because when running the above code it prints '1', but not '2'.

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