convert variable string into char array c++ - c++

Question

I found so incredibly many question posts of this sort - i'm speaking of "convert string to char array" - but none of those solutions actually work for me, trying to convert cin >> text into some char array textArray[1024] which I could then convert into a list cause I think it's easier to work with.
The Problem is: Spaces. Every time when there's a space in there, it just skips the following actions and punches me with my own error messeges.
It's for some encryptor (code down below).
If there's any easier way of doing this then let me know.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <list>
#include "encryptor.h"
using namespace std;
void encrypt()
{
string text;
char textArray[1024];
list<char> listText;
list<char>::iterator it;
int textSize;
string code;
bool fail = false;
string segment;
string fileName;
cout << "Now enter your text. (max 1024 chars)" << endl;
cin >> text;
textSize = text.size();
//string to char[]
//none of these work
strncpy(textArray, text.c_str(), sizeof(textArray));
textArray[sizeof(text) - 1] = 0;
strcpy_s(textArray, text.c_str());
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++)
{
textArray[i] = text[i];
}
aText[text.length()] = '\0';
text.copy(textArray, text.length()+1);
//char[] to list
for(int i = 0; i < textSize; i++)
{
char *c = new char(textArray[i]);
listText.push_back(*c);
}
//Going through list
//for every char there's a special segment added to the string
for(it = listText.begin(); it != listText.end(); it++)
{
if(fail == true) break;
switch (*it)
{
case 'a':
case 'A':
{
segment = "XQ7";
} break;
{/*---*/} //I just let everything from b - z and 0 - 9 out for this post
case ' ':
{
segment = "Z 7";
} break;
case '.':
{
segment = "Z 8";
} break;
case ',':
{
segment = "Z 4";
} break;
default:
{
cout << "There's a special char this program doesn't understand. It is "
cout << *it << endl;
cout << "Do it again" << endl;
fail = true;
} break;
}
code = code + segment;
}
do
{
cout << "\n\nname of the file: ";
cin >> fileName;
if(fileName != "")
{
ofstream write;
write.open(fileName + ".txt");
write << code;
write.close();
} else {
cout << "Name shouldn't be empty!" << endl;
}
} while(fileName == "");
}

Answer 1

Your main issue is not in converting the string text to a character array but it is that you are not capturing the entire line from stdin.
The line cin >> text; will read from stdin until the first whitespace character has been met. That is why you are having issues with spaces. You are only reading characters into text up to the first whitespace character. Instead you need to use getline(). Replacing cin >> text; with getline(cin, text); will read in an entire line from stdin including any whitespace characters.
I've included a complete example to read in a line of text from stdin and convert it to a list of characters for you below. It completely skips the need to convert the string into a character array before converting it into a list.
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
string s;
list<char> text;
getline(cin, s);
for (string::iterator it = s.begin(); it != s.end(); ++it) {
text.push_back(*it);
}
// Verification
cout << "You entered " << text.size() << " characters\nThey were:\n";
for (list<char>::iterator it = text.begin(); it != text.end(); ++it) {
cout << *it;
}
cout << endl;
}