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I'm working on a project, to create a linked list in class but I can't even start working on it because every time I run the program it's will stop working when I want to input data.
Can someone tell me how to input data properly using class? and if possible please let me know how to improve this program. The code that I've done is quite long.
I'll try to make it short and simple for you guys to understand. A lot of people been suggesting me to use std::string but our lecturer never mentioned about it so we have no idea how to use it.
If I have to use it that means I have to start learn it from the beginning which means it will take time for me to really understand it.
We're also required to have a function where we can update the data stored, search the data based on one of its data and make a summary for it.
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
//CLASS USED IN PROGRAM
class carInsurance
{
private:
int total;
int customerNo;
string name;
string iCno;
char dob[10];
string nationality;
string address;
char phoneNo[15];
string email;
string occupation;
char carNo[10];
char expireDate[11];
float insuranceAmount;
char carUsage[30];
char manufacturingDate[11];
int package;
int option;
int additional;
int noCustomer[10];
public:
void add();
void presetdata();
static void deleteFunc(carInsurance noCustomer[]);
static void viewAll(carInsurance noCustomer[]);
//constructor name has to be the same as class
carInsurance(int carInsurance_total,
int carInsurance_customerNo,
string carInsurance_name,
string carInsurance_iCno,
char carInsurance_dob[10],
string carInsurance_nationality,
string carInsurance_address,
char carInsurance_phoneNo[15],
string carInsurance_email,
string carInsurance_occupation,
char carInsurance_carNo[10],
char carInsurance_expireDate[11],
float carInsurance_insuranceAmount,
char carInsurance_carUsage[30],
char carInsurance_manufacturingDate[11],
int carInsurance_package,
int carInsurance_option,
int carInsurance_additional)
{
total = carInsurance_total;
customerNo = carInsurance_customerNo;
name = carInsurance_name;
iCno = carInsurance_iCno;
dob[10] = carInsurance_dob[10];
nationality = carInsurance_nationality;
address = carInsurance_address;
phoneNo[15] = carInsurance_phoneNo[15];
email = carInsurance_email;
occupation = carInsurance_occupation;
carNo[10] = carInsurance_carNo[10];
expireDate[11] = carInsurance_expireDate[11];
insuranceAmount = carInsurance_insuranceAmount;
carUsage[30] = carInsurance_carUsage[30];
manufacturingDate[11] = carInsurance_manufacturingDate[11];
package = carInsurance_package;
option = carInsurance_option;
additional = carInsurance_additional;
} // end of constructor
carInsurance()
{ // Set all variables to null
total = 0;
customerNo = 0;
name = " ";
iCno = " ";
dob[10] = '\0';
nationality = " ";
address = " ";
phoneNo[15] = '\0';
email = " ";
occupation = " ";
carNo[10] = '\0';
expireDate[11] = '\0';
insuranceAmount = 0;
carUsage[30] = '\0';
manufacturingDate[11] = '\0';
package = 0;
option = 0;
additional = 0;
}
// SET
void setChar(char carInsurance_dob[10],
char carInsurance_phoneNo[15],
char carInsurance_carNo[10],
char carInsurance_expireDate[10],
char carInsurance_carUsage[30],
char carInsurance_manufacturingDate[10])
{dob[10] = carInsurance_dob[10];
phoneNo[15] = carInsurance_phoneNo[15];
carNo[10] = carInsurance_carNo[10];
expireDate[11] = carInsurance_expireDate[11];
carUsage[30] = carInsurance_carUsage[30];
manufacturingDate[11] = carInsurance_manufacturingDate[11];}
void setname(string carInsurance_name){name = carInsurance_name;}
void setiCno(string carInsurance_iCno){iCno = carInsurance_iCno;}
void setAddress(string carInsurance_address){address = carInsurance_address;}
void setString(string carInsurance_nationality, string carInsurance_email,string carInsurance_occupation)
{nationality = carInsurance_nationality; email = carInsurance_email; occupation = carInsurance_occupation;}
void setInt(int carInsurance_total, int carInsurance_customerNo, int carInsurance_package, int carInsurance_option, int carInsurance_additional)
{customerNo = carInsurance_customerNo; package = carInsurance_package; option = carInsurance_option; additional = carInsurance_additional;}
void setFloat (float carInsurance_insuranceAmount){insuranceAmount = carInsurance_insuranceAmount;}
// GET
string getname(){return name;}
string getiCno(){return iCno;}
string getaddress(){return address;}
string getString(){return nationality; return email; return occupation;}
int getInt(){return total; return customerNo; return package; return option; return additional;}
float getFloat(){return insuranceAmount;}
}; //end class
Here goes my main:
//function declaration
//to prevent overload run function outside
void add();
//THE MAIN FUNCTION OF PROGRAM
int main()
{
carInsurance obj; // obj is class object
carInsurance *noCustomer[10];
int choice;
while(choice != 4)
{
cout << "1. ADD, UPDATE, DELETE\n" << "2. SEARCH\n" << "3. VIEW ALL\n" << "4. SUMMARY REPORT\n" << "5. EXIT\n" << endl;
cout << "Enter your choice: ";
cin >> choice;
system("cls");
switch(choice)
{
case 1:
{
cout << "___________________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tADD/UPDATE/DELETE\n";
cout << "___________________________________\n";
cout << "\n1. ADD\n2. UPDATE\n3. DELETE\n" << endl;
cin >> choice;
system("cls");
switch(choice)
{
case 1:
{
int i;
int total = 0;
cout << "How many customer? ";
cin >> total;
for(i=0; i<total; ++i)
{
cout << "________________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tCUSTOMER NO. " << 1 + i;
cout << "\n________________________________\n";
noCustomer[i]->add(); // this is function call to input
}
break;
}
case 2:
{
int paymentID;
//cout << "UPDATE" << endl;
cout << "\nEnter the customer ID that you want to update:";
cin >> paymentID;
// function here
break;
}
case 3:
{
int paymentID;
//cout << "DELETE" << endl;
cout << "\nEnter the customer ID that you want to delete:";
cin >> paymentID;
noCustomer[10]->deleteFunc(noCustomer[10]);
break;
}
} // End of switch case for add,update,delete
system("cls");
break;
} // End of case 1
case 2:
{
cout << "___________________________\n";
cout << "\n\t SEARCH\n";
cout << "___________________________\n";
system("pause");
system("cls");
break;
}
case 3:
{ cout << "___________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tVIEW ALL\n";
cout << "___________________________\n";
obj.presetdata();
noCustomer[10]->viewAll(noCustomer[10]);
cout<<"\n";
system("pause");
system("cls");
break;
}
case 4:
{
cout << "___________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tSUMMARY REPORT\n";
cout << "___________________________\n\n";
cout << "1. Sorted by different month\n2. Sorted by different car type\n3. Sorted by different insurance" << endl;
cin >> choice;
switch(choice)
{
case 1:
{
break;
}
case 2:
{
break;
}
case 3:
{
break;
}
default:
cout << "Wrong input! Please choose again: ";
cin >> choice;
system("pause");
}
break;
}
case 5:{
cout << "___________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tTHANK YOU!\t\n";
cout << "___________________________";
exit(0); }
default:
continue;
}// End of switch case
}// End of while
return 0; //indicates success
}//End of main

I see a problem in the inner switch statement:
case 1:
{
int i;
int total = 0;
cout << "How many customer? ";
cin >> total;
for(i=0; i<total; ++i)
{
cout << "________________________________\n";
cout << "\n\tCUSTOMER NO. " << 1 + i;
cout << "\n________________________________\n";
noCustomer[i]->add(); // this is function call to input
break;
}
}
case 2:
The break operator breaks the loop, but does not prevent executing case 2: branch.
Yet another problem: re-assignment of choice. User may input 4 in any input request that will break while (choice != 4) unexpectedly. You can avoid troubles with break and re-assignments by using functions.
There is a lot of out of array bounds access by indexes that are equal to array sizes.
It is not clear what you want to reach in dob[10] = carInsurance_dob[10]; It copies 11th char. Maybe you want to copy the whole char array. Use std::string for error-free code.

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This is my first time asking a question on here, so be gentle lol. I wrote up some code for an assignment designed to take information from a (library.txt datatbase) file, store it in arrays, then access/search those arrays by title/author then output that information for the user based on what the user enters.
The issue I am having is, whenever the user enters in a search term longer than one word, the output of "Enter Q to (Q)uit, Search (A)uthor, Search (T)itle, (S)how All: " is repeated several times before closing.
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#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
struct Book
{
string title;
string author;
};
int loadData(string pathname);
char switchoutput();
void showAll(int count);
int showBooksByAuthor(int count, string name);
int showBooksByTitle(int count, string title);
int FindAuthor(int count, string userinput);
int FindTitle(int count, string userinput);
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const int ARRAY_SIZE = 1000;
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string name;
string booktitle;
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int counta = 0;
int countt = 0;
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while (toupper(input != 'Q'))
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cout << "Book Title: ";
cin >> booktitle;
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cout << countt << " records found." << endl;
break;
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showAll(count);
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case 'Q':
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}
}
//Pause and exit
cout << endl << "Press 'ENTER' to quit";
getchar();
getchar();
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}
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{
ifstream inFile;
inFile.open(pathname);
if (!inFile) {
cout << "Error, could not read into file. Please re-compile." << endl;
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exit(1); //if not in file, exit;
}
int i = 0;
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getline(inFile, books[i].title);
getline(inFile, books[i].author);
i++;
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char input;
cout << "Enter Q to (Q)uit, Search (A)uthor, Search (T)itle, (S)how All: ";
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{
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authorcount = FindAuthor(count, name);
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}
int showBooksByTitle(int count, string title)
{
int titlecount = 0;
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{
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int FindAuthor(int count, string userinput)
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int titlecount = 0;
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int num;
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for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i)
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ConvertStringToLowerCase(books[i].title, arraylower);
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}
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{
lwr = orig;
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Deleting a record from a file in c++

I have wriiten a code to add , delete and dispaly a record of employees consisting of employee ID ,name,age and location.
But I am unable to code the delete function
My code is as follows:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
class Document
{
public:
int Add();
void Delete();
void Display();
int No_of_lines();
int empno();
private:
fstream document;
fstream newdocument;
string data;
int age;
int emp_id;
int idtodelete;
char name[100],loc[100];
};
int Document::No_of_lines()
{
int number = 0;
document.open("document.txt");
while (getline(document, data))
{
++number;
}
return number;
}
int Document::Add()
{
Document d1;
document.open ( "document.txt",ios::app);
int x = d1.No_of_lines();
int emp_id = ++x;
cout << "The employee ID is: " << emp_id;
document <<emp_id;
cout<< "\n Ënter Name:" ;
cin>>name;
document <<"\t Name:"<< name;
cout<<"Enter Age:";
cin>> age;
document << "\t Age:"<< age;
cout<< "Enter location:";
cin>> loc;
document << "\t Location:"<< loc;
document << "\n";
document.close();
return 0;
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void Document::Delete()
{
Document d2;
d2.Display();
int num;
char line[1000];
document.open("document.txt");
newdocument.open("newdocument.txt");
cout << "Enter the ID to delete \n";
cin >> idtodelete;
while (document.good())
{
const int maxchar = 1000;
const int maxtokens = 10;
char* token[maxtokens] = {};
char split[maxchar];
document.getline(split, maxchar);
int n = 0;
token[0] = strtok(split, " ");
istringstream(token[0]) >> num;
if (num != idtodelete)
{
document >> emp_id >> name >> age >> loc;
newdocument << emp_id<< name<< age<< loc;
}
else
{
}
}
document.close();
newdocument.close();
remove("document.txt");
rename("newdocument.txt", "document.txt");
}
void Document::Display()
{
document.open("document.txt");
while (!document.eof())
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getline(document,data);
cout<<data<<endl;
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document.close();
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int main()
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int ch;
do
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system ( "cls");
cout<< "Enter your choice \n";
cout << "\t1. Add Data \n " << "\t2. Delete Data \n" << "\t3. Display Data \n";
cout<< "\t4. Exit\n";
cout<< " Enter Choice \n ";
cin >> ch;
switch(ch)
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case 1:
cout << " Adding Data : \n";
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case 2:
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d.Delete();
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case 3:
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d.Display();
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case 4:
cout << "Exit";
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cout<< " click y to quit or any other key to continue " ;
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The simple way is to remove by employee ID. You just ask for the employee ID, to know what employee to remove.
Then, you cannot remove lines in the middle of a sequential file, so you just
rename the file as document.back
create a new document.txt
read document.back and copy all employees to document.txt except the one you want to delete
close both files
remove document.back
That's all ... except for the usual test for IO errors, backup file existing, and so on...
I tested your code. First, you forgot to close document in method int Document::No_of_lines(). Next on my MSVC2008, I have to explicitely call document.clear() after reaching end of file. You also do not test document immediately after a getline, meaning that you execute the code after a bad read.
I removed newdocument from Document class, because IMHO it is useless. Here is a possible implementation of Delete:
void Document::Delete()
{
Document d2;
Display();
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document.open("document.txt");
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cout << "Enter the ID to delete \n";
cin >> idtodelete;
while (document.good())
{
getline(document, data);
if (document) {
int n = 0;
istringstream(data) >> num;
if (num != idtodelete)
{
d2.document << data << endl;
}
}
}
document.close();
d2.document.close();
remove("document.txt");
rename("newdocument.txt", "document.txt");
}

C++ crashing when passing pointer to function

what i am trying to do is display my pointer to an array of objects. here is my main program, the function it crashes at is listAll(). if i only enter one object it works, but when i enter a second one it crashes. i am at a loss of what is going wrong. problem occurs after picking menuOption 1 twice and then trying to call list all. i see that the array size is not being increased..
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
#include "fileStuff.h"
bool menu();
bool menuOptions(int option);
void fileIO();
void listAll(interact * obs, int arryO);
int main()
{
bool isRunning = true;
while (isRunning)
{
isRunning = menu();
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return 0;
}
bool menu()
{
int option = 0;
cout << "1: add new backpack. " << endl
<< "2: delete a backpack "<< endl
<< "3: sort ascending by id " << endl
<< "4: sort descending by id " << endl
<< "5: list all backpacks " << endl
<< "6: quit" << endl;
cin >> option;
return menuOptions(option);
}
bool menuOptions(int option)
{
static int arrayO = 0;
static interact *obs = new interact[arrayO];
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int tempBagId = 0, tempInvSpaces = 0, tempAmtOfItemsInInv = 0;
double tempInvMaxWeight = 0.0;
string tempBagType, tempBagCondish;
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int i = 0;
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case 1:
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cin >> tempBagId;
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cin >> tempInvSpaces;
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//arrayO--;
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case 3:
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case 4:
//sort descending by id
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case 5:
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case 6:
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delete obs;
return false;
break;
default:
break;
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{
int i = 0;
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cout << arryO << endl;
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below is the gists of my class.
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#include <string>
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invMaxWeigt = 0;
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{
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}
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{
invSpaces = spaces;
}
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{
invMaxWeigt = weight;
}
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{
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You have:
static int arrayO = 0;
static interact *obs = new interact[arrayO];
This will create a dynamic array of 0 length. As Ben stated, the pointer will never change.
The crash is probably caused by trying to access it after increasing the index (arrayO++;), after that it will just be accessing out of bounds memory.
Your obs points to an array with size zero:
static int arrayO = 0;
static interact *obs = new interact[arrayO];
and never is changed to point to anything larger.
Therefore every attempt to subscript it is an array overrun.

C++ Searching a String Array for every instance of a user given search term.

Ok. So I have an assignment that loads a file of books and their authors sequential lines. I've got the titles loading into book title array and book authors into book author array.
I need the following to happen.
Show all books and authors. <<< completed.
Show ALL books and authors from user input AUTHOR search string. << semi works
Show ALL books and authors from user input BOOK search string. << semi works
The last two are having problems by the way of
Author function.
User input : Malik
output: 0 authors found! (14 times)
Same for the title query.
I've scoured the net, read my book a million times. OK maybe not that much. Tried a hundred different versions of code and still hurting.
Any help would be great!
Here is my code.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
//these declarations should be at file scope
const int ARRAY_SIZE = 1000;
string bookTitle [ARRAY_SIZE];
string bookAuthor [ARRAY_SIZE];
int nob = 0;
ifstream dataBase;
// Function prototypes
int loadData(string pathName);//complete
void showAll(int nob);
int showBooksByAuthor (int nob, string name);
int showBooksByTitle (int nob, string title);
void showChoices();
int main()
{
string pathName;
int x = 1;
char menu;
cout << "Welcome to Phil's Library Database. " << endl;
cout << "Enter the location of the Database: (ex: c:/filename.txt ";
cin >> pathName;
//read pathName and input data to arrays
dataBase.open(pathName);
loadData(pathName);
//output number of files loaded
cout << nob <<" records loaded successfully." <<endl;
string name;
string title;
while(x == 1)
{
//prompt User for what they want to do
cout << "Enter Q to (Q)uit, Search (A)uthor, Search (T)itle, (S)how All: ";
cin >> menu;
switch(menu)
{
case 'Q':
case 'q':
//exit out of program
x = 3;
break;
case 'A':
case 'a':
cout << "Author's Name: ";
getline (cin, name, '\n');
//list books by author
showBooksByAuthor (nob,name);
break;
case 'T':
case 't':
cout << "Book Title: ";
getline (cin, title, '\n');
showBooksByTitle (nob, title);
break;
case 'S':
case 's':
//cout the entire documents array-ed contents
showAll(nob);
break;
}
}
system("pause");
getchar();
return 0;
}
int loadData(string pathName)
{
if(dataBase.is_open())
{
while(!dataBase.eof())
{
getline(dataBase, bookTitle[nob], '\n');
getline(dataBase, bookAuthor[nob], '\n');
nob += 1;
}
dataBase.clear();
dataBase.seekg(0);
return nob;
}
else
cout << "Bad file path!"<< endl;
return -1;
}
//showall Function
void showAll(int nob)
{
for (int i = 0; i < nob; i++)
{
//show all content of each array
cout << bookTitle[i]<<endl;
cout << bookAuthor[i]<<endl;
}
}
//showall books based on Author
int showBooksByAuthor (int nob, string name)
{
int x = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < nob; i++)
{
if (bookAuthor[i].find(name))
{
//output array location data
cout << bookTitle[i];
cout << "(" << bookAuthor[i] << ")" << endl;
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x++;
}
cout << x << " Records found. " << endl;
}
return x;
}
//showall books based on Title
int showBooksByTitle (int nob, string title)
{
int x = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < nob; i++)
{
if (bookAuthor[i].find(title))
{
//output array location data
cout << bookTitle[i];
cout << "(" << bookAuthor[i] << ")" << endl;
//add onto counter for output of successfully searched items
x++;
}
cout << x << " Records found. " << endl;
}
return x;
}
Thank you in advance!
As per this page, http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/find/, and this http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/npos/, the find() method on the String returns -1 when there is no match.
if ( some_num ) is true whenever some_num is non-zero, including -1, where some_num is any expression.
Read the find documentation carefully to understand how it can be used to check for a match.
1) The find function is not necessary. All you need to do is use ==.
2) For the title, you should be testing the bookTitle array, not bookAuthor.
int showBooksByAuthor (int nob, string name)
{
// ...
// Search for author
if ( bookAuthor[i] == name)
{
// name found
}
// ...
}
// Search for title
int showBooksByTitle (int nob, string title)
{
//...
if (bookTitle[i] == title)
{
// title found
}
//...
}

C++: Will Not Accept New C-String Input

First off, thanks in advance for your help. This issue is driving me nuts.
I have a program that accepts a c-string, and then can count the number of vowels and consonants. This works without issue. However, I also need to include a function that allows the user to create a new string. The problem is, though, when the user selects "new string" from the menu, it just loops through the newString() method, without waiting for the user's input. It then creates a new, blank screen.
Here is the entire program. The newString() method is at the end.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// function prototype
void printmenu(void);
int vowelCount(char *);
int consCount(char *);
int cons_and_vowelCount(char *);
void newString(char *, const int);
int main() {
const int LENGTH = 101;
char input_string[LENGTH]; //user defined string
char choice; //user menu choice
bool not_done = true; //loop control flag
// create the input_string object
cout << "Enter a string of no more than " << LENGTH-1 << " characters:\n";
cin.getline(input_string, LENGTH);
do {
printmenu();
cin >> choice;
switch(choice)
{
case 'a':
case 'A':
vowelCount(input_string);
break;
case 'b':
case 'B':
consCount(input_string);
break;
case 'c':
case 'C':
cons_and_vowelCount(input_string);
break;
case 'd':
case 'D':
newString(input_string, LENGTH);
break;
case 'e':
case 'E':
exit(0);
default:
cout << endl << "Error: '" << choice << "' is an invalid selection" << endl;
break;
} //close switch
} //close do
while (not_done);
return 0;
} // close main
/* Function printmenu()
* Input:
* none
* Process:
* Prints the menu of query choices
* Output:
* Prints the menu of query choices
*/
void printmenu(void)
{
cout << endl << endl;
cout << "A) Count the number of vowels in the string" << endl;
cout << "B) Count the number of consonants in the string" << endl;
cout << "C) Count both the vowels and consonants in the string" << endl;
cout << "D) Enter another string" << endl;
cout << "E) Exit the program" << endl;
cout << endl << "Enter your selection: ";
return;
}
int vowelCount(char *str) {
char vowels[11] = "aeiouAEIOU";
int vowel_count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < strlen(vowels); j++) {
if (str[i] == vowels[j]) {
vowel_count++;
}
}
}
cout << "String contains " << vowel_count << " vowels" << endl;
return vowel_count;
} // close vowelCount
int consCount(char *str) {
char cons[43] = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ";
int cons_count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < strlen(str); i ++) {
for (int j = 0; j < strlen(cons); j++) {
if (str[i] == cons[j]) {
cons_count++;
}
}
}
cout << "String contains " << cons_count << " consonants" << endl;
return cons_count;
} // close consCount
int cons_and_vowelCount(char *str) {
int cons = consCount(str);
int vowels = vowelCount(str);
int total = cons + vowels;
cout << "The string contains a total of " << total << " vowels and "
"consonants" << endl;
return total;
}
void newString(char *str, int len) {
cout << "Enter a string of no more than " << len-1 << " characters:\n";
cin.getline(str, len);
return;
}
The statement cin >> choice only consumes the character they type, not the carriage return that follows. Thus, the subsequent getline() call reads an empty line. One simple solution is to call getline() instead of cin >> choice and then use the first character as the choice.
BTW, the while (not done) should immediately follow the do { … }, and the return 0 is redundant. Also, you should call newString at the start of the program instead of repeating its contents.
cin >> choice leaves a newline in the input stream.. which cause the next getline() to consume it and return. There are many ways.. one way is to use cin.ignore() right after cin >> choice.
The cin >> choice only consumes one character from the stream (as already mentioned). You should add
cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(),'\n');
right after cin>>choice to ignore all the characters that come into the stream after reading the choice.
p.s. #include <limits>