Hello to everyone reading this. I have a project due within a week and I'm having some difficulty reading from text files. I have a class named Book and within Book I have several private member variables. In main I have to create several objects of type Book, 45 to be exact. I have in main, Book books[45];
The biggest problem is I need to read a text file and store words and numbers into the private member variables. After storing them I will 45 different books. How do I go about reading the numbers and words, one by one then placing them within the private variables?
#include <fstream>
//create a constant to use in the Array size
#define EXIT_SUCCESS 0 //easy code reading
#define EXIT_FAILURE 1
usingnamespace std; //optional, considered "lazy"
void ReadInfile(Book ObjArr[]); //Make a function to read in the book file
int main()
{
//create your array
//call function
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
void ReadInfile(Book ObjArr[])
{
//create copies of your varibes(e.g. int pages, string title)
std::ifstream InFile("NAME_OF_FILE");
for(int i = 0; i < ArrSIZE;i++) //create a for loop to read in
{
//if not at eof
{
//read file into varibles you declared above
//call functions that set values using the variables read into
}
}
}
book.h
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#ifndef BOOK_H
#define BOOK_H
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
class Book
{
public:
//set functions to modify private varibles, E.g.
//void SetFirstName(std::string Name);
//other public functions you'll use
protected:
private:
//book varibles
};
#endif // BOOK_H
book.cpp
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#include "Book.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
//include functions you will use throughout the program to modify the books
Thanks Need4Sleep and BlackSheep, but I still have a problem. I haven't learned how to use "std::" just yet, which means I can't use it for this assignment. My problem is, how exactly would I put the txt file variables into the private variables? I will have the class "Book" and the object "books" with an array size of 45. I know how to write a function to put the variables into the private members, but how would I do so for let's say books[32] or books[2]. I don't want to have 45 objects of class Book because that's just tedious.