how to save the sorted arrays in textfile? - c++

Question

I have a program that sorted arrays how can i save in text file?
for example: the sorted arrays is: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
how can i save in text file named. Sorted elements".
I've tried many ways but the sorted array wouldn't save in text file.
I am a newbie so I find it difficult.
here is my code.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "Enter number of element:";
int n; cin >> n;
int a[n];
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cout << "element number " << (i+1) << " : ";
cin >> a[i];
}
int e=1, d=3;
int i, j, k, m, digit, row, col;
int length = sizeof(a)/sizeof(int);
int bmat[length][10];
int c[10];
for(m=1;m<=d;m++)
{
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
c[i]=-1;
}
for(i=0;i<length;i++)
{
digit=(a[i]/e)%10;
c[digit]++;
row=c[digit];
col=digit;
bmat[row][col]=a[i];
}
k=-1;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
if(c[i]!=-1)
{
for(j=0;j<=c[i];j++)
{
k++;
a[k]=bmat[j][i];
}
}
}
e=e*10;
}
cout << endl;
cout << "Sorted array:" << endl;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cout << a[i] << " , ";
}
cout << endl;
system("pause");
return 0;
}

Answer 1

//Use this code
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n = 0;
cout << "Enter number of element:";
cin >> n;
//Data Structure
std::vector<int> list;
//push back element in vector
for(register int i=0;i<n;++i)
list.push_back(rand()%10 + 1);
//do shuffling before sorting because rand() generates increasing order number
std::random_shuffle(list.begin(),list.end());
std::sort(list.begin(),list.end());
ofstream textfile;
textfile.open ("E:\\example.txt");
for(size_t i= 0;i<list.size();++i)
textfile << list[i] <<" ";
textfile.close();
}

Answer 2

If you can write the sorted array to std::cout, then you can write it to a file. In C++, the console is the same as a file.
Put this at the end of main:
cout << "Sorted array:" << endl;
print_array( std::cout, a, n ); // Show the results to the user.
std::ofstream save( "array.txt" ); // Open a new file (or overwrite).
print_array( save, a, n ); // Save the results for later.
system("pause");
return 0;
}
and put the printing code in a new function, which may be defined before main:
void print_array( std::ostream & s, int * a, int n ) {
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
s << a[i] << " , ";
}
s << endl;
}

Answer 3

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
int compare(int, int);
void sort(int[], const int);
int compare(int x, int y){
return(x > y);
}
void swap(int *x, int *y){
int temp;
temp = *x;
*x = *y;
*y = temp;
}
void display(int array[], int n){
for (int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
cout << array[i] << " ";
}
cout << endl;
}
void writeToFile(int array[], int n){
ofstream myfile;
myfile.open("example.txt");
for (int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
myfile << array[i];
if (i != n - 1){
myfile << ", ";
}
}
myfile.close();
}
void sort(int table[], const int n) {
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
for (int j = 0; j < n - 1; j++) {
if (compare(table[j], table[j + 1]))
swap(&table[j], &table[j + 1]);
}
}
}
int main(){
int quantity;
int* tab;
ofstream outfile;
cout << "Enter number of element: ";
cin >> quantity;
tab = new int[quantity];
cout << "Element:\n\n" << endl;
for (int i = 0; i < quantity; i++){
int x = i;
cout << "#" << ++x << ":";
cin >> tab[i];
}
sort(tab, quantity);
cout << "The Sorted Elements are: ";
display(tab, quantity);
writeToFile(tab, quantity);
cout << endl;
getchar();
getchar();
//system("pause");
return 0;
}
in short, add this block to your code:
ofstream myfile;
myfile.open("example.txt");
for (int i = 0; i<n; i++) {
myfile << array[i];
if (i != n - 1){
myfile << ", ";
}
}
myfile.close();

Answer 4

You can use C++ fstream class, since you want to output, you can use ofstream here. You should just replace some "cout" with ofstream instance:
At the beginning of the code state it:
ofstream ofs("./sorted_elem.txt", ofstream::out);
When want to output:
ofs << "Sorted array:" << endl;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
ofs << a[i] << " , ";
}
ofs << endl;

Answer 5

In C++ you really want to use std::vector or some other nice container for storing arrays of numbers. For writing an array to file you need to open the file and individually write each element to the file (all untested).
#include <fstream>
int main()
{
std::ofstream fp("output.txt");
int data[5]; // todo: fill
for (unsitned i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
{
fp << data[i] << ' ';
}
}
And to read again:
#include <fstream>
int main()
{
std::ifstream fp("output.txt");
// todo: Determine the size of the array or guess it (don't guess it!)
unsigned array_size = 5;
int data[array_size];
int n = 0;
while (fp.good() && n < array_size) fp >> data[n++];
}
But because we are using C++, we can use std::vector:
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::vector<int> me(5); // todo: fill
std::ofstream fp("output.txt");
for (size_t i = 0; i < me.size(); ++i) fp << me[i] << ' ';
// C++11: for (int d : me) fp << d << ' ';
}
And,
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::ifstream fp("output.txt");
std::vector<int> data;
double buf;
while (fp >> buf) data.push_back(buf); // no longer need to guess
}

Answer 6

I think, the copy option was not demonstrated here so far.
Please check this code. (Assuming your vector is ready to use, I've skipped it).
The example uses a C-array and a vector. Please use the later in your code whenever possible. But however, for copy-function both work:
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
int main () {
int a[10]={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};
std::vector<int> v; for (int i=0; i<10; ++i)v.push_back(i*10); //0, 10, 20,...
std::ofstream fs_a( "c:/temp/out_a.txt" );
//store space separated
std::copy ( a, a+sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]), std::ostream_iterator<int>( fs_a, " ") );
//store coma-separated, as one-liner
std::copy ( v.begin(), v.end() ), std::ostream_iterator<int>( std::ofstream( "c:/temp/out_v.txt" ), ",") );
return 0;
}