How to read file into class in C++? - c++

Question

I am reading File that contains
Boss, level, Specials,
"FireMen", 3, "Flame,Thrower", Fire,Breath
"Medusa", 6, "Snake,Poison"
"Hype", 10, "One,punch,Knock", Fly,Kick, "Dragon,Breath"
I am trying to read it into class with objects boss, level and specials
I am having problem reading from file since I split each by words by comma but it read specials like Flame,Thrower as separate due to comma in between them. How can I combine specials rather then splitting by commas so that it read Flame Thrower rather then Flame and thrower separately.
Also some specials are in quotation others are not.
I have been stuck at reading this rather complicated file. If anyone has time to read through my code and fix 10s of errors that I am getting would greatly be appreciated, Thank You
(What I did doesn't make much sense since this is my one month into C++ so still newbie and progressing)
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "Boss.h"
using namespace std;
vector <Boss*> Info;
Boss* parseLine(string str)
{
vector<string> store;
string smt = " ";
Boss* values = nullptr;
if (smt != "")
{
(store.push_back(smt));
}
for (int i = 0; i < (int)str.size(); i++)
{
char ch = str[i];
if (ch != ',')
{
smt = smt + ch;
}
else
{
store.push_back(smt);
smt = "";
}
}
values = new Boss(store[0], stoi(store[1]), store[2]);
Name = store[0];
Level = store[1];
Specials = store[2];
return values;
}
bool readFile()
{
std::ifstream myFile("Bosses.txt");
if (!myFile.is_open())
{
cout << "fAILED" << "\n";
return false;
}
string str;
int i = 0;
while (std::getline(myFile, str))
{
cout << str << endl;
if (str[0] != '/')
{
Boss* Boss = parseLine(str);
result.push_back(Boss);
}
}
return true;
}
int main()
{
std::cout << "Read file\n;";
bool data = readFile();
for (Boss* t : result)
{
delete t;
}
And Class
#include <string>
#include <vector>
class Boss {
std::string Name;
int Level;
std::vector<std::string> Specials;
Boss(std::string Name, int Level, std::vector<std::string> Specials);
~Boss();
Boss(Boss& b);
void setName(std::string Name);
void setLevel(int Level);
};
Boss::Boss(std::string Name, int Level, std::vector<std::string> Specials)
{
this->Name= Name;
this->Level = Level;
this->Specials = Specials;
}
Boss::~Boss() {}
Boss::Boss(Boss& b)
{
Name = b.Name;
Level = b.Level;
Specials = b.Specials;
}
void Boss::setName(std::string Name) {
this->Name = Name;
}
void Boss::setLevel(int Level)
{
this->Level = Level;
}

Answer 1

This code reads your file and stores the data in the std::vector Info using stringstreams and other things to parse.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
class Boss {
std::string Name;
int Level;
std::vector<std::string> Specials;
public:
Boss(std::string n, int l, std::vector<std::string> s)
{
this->Name = n;
this->Level = l;
this->Specials = s;
};
~Boss() {};
Boss(const Boss& b) {
this->Name = b.Name;
this->Level = b.Level;
this->Specials = b.Specials;
};
Boss() {};
Boss operator= (Boss b) {
this->Name = b.Name;
this->Level = b.Level;
this->Specials = b.Specials;
return b;
}
void setName(std::string n) { Name = n; };
void setLevel(int l) { Level = l; };
void setSpecials(std::vector<std::string> s) {Specials = s;}
std::string getName() const { return Name; }
int getLevel() const { return Level; }
std::vector<std::string> getSpecials() const { return Specials; }
};
vector <Boss> Info;
Boss parseLine(string str)
{
vector<string> store;
string smt;
stringstream evaluator;
Boss value;
evaluator << str; //put our string into evaluator
{
char double_quote_remover;
evaluator >> double_quote_remover; //remove the first double quote
getline(evaluator, smt, '"'); //get the name until the next double quote
char comma_remover;
evaluator >> comma_remover; //remove the comma
}
value.setName(smt); //put smt into the Boss's name
{
int Level;
evaluator >> Level; //get an int from our string
value.setLevel(Level); //put our int into our Boss
}
char curr;
while (evaluator >> curr && curr != ','); //get the comma after the int
smt = ""; //reset
curr = ' '; //reset
while (evaluator >> curr) { //while we read chars into curr
if (isalpha(curr)) { evaluator.putback(curr); curr = ','; } //if the char is a letter, put it back
if (curr == '\"') getline(evaluator,smt,'\"'); //if the char is a double quote, read until we reach another
else if (curr == ',') getline(evaluator,smt,','); //if the char is a comma, read until we get another
if (smt != "") //if the string is not null, put it in store
store.push_back(smt);
smt = ""; //reset
}
value.setSpecials(store); //put store into our Boss
return value; //return our boss
}
bool readFile()
{
std::ifstream myFile("Bosses.txt");
if (!myFile.is_open())
{
cout << "FAILED" << "\n";
return false;
}
string str;
getline(myFile, str); //for the first line, which we don't need
int i = 0;
while (std::getline(myFile, str))
{
Boss Boss = parseLine(str);
Info.push_back(Boss);
}
return true;
}
int main()
{
bool data = readFile();
}
This should work. I have tested it thouroughly. Inform me of any errors.
Note: There was no need for pointers that were in your original code.