input_temp_output.cpp

/* input_temp_output.cpp

   reads from, line by line, an input text file
   
   writes to temp the reads from temp and writes to out
   

*********************************************************/

#include<iostream>
#include<string.h>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;

int main () {
  string temp_string;// temporary string to hold line of data
  ifstream inputFile ("in.txt");
  ofstream tempFile_writeTo;
  tempFile_writeTo.open("temp.txt");  

  if (inputFile.is_open() && tempFile_writeTo)
  {
    while (! inputFile.eof() )
    {
      // read line from INPUT.txt & copy to temp_string
      getline (inputFile,temp_string);
      // dynamically alocate enough memory for char array
      char *a=new char[temp_string.size()+1];
      // assign zero to the first value in the array
      a[temp_string.size()]=0;
      // copy data from temp_string into char array
      memcpy(a,temp_string.c_str(),temp_string.size());   
      // write to tempFile character, by character
      
      for (int i = 1; i < temp_string.size(); i++)
      {
        // if the machine encounters a comma, add newline
        // and delete the the comma. start loop again
        if (strncmp (&a[i],"*",1) == 0)
        { 
          tempFile_writeTo << endl;
          continue;   
        }
        else if (strncmp (&a[i],"\"",1) == 0)
        {
          continue;
        }
        else
        { tempFile_writeTo << a[i]; }
      }//closes for loop, we've iterated over one line, woohoo            
      tempFile_writeTo << endl; //add endline before next entry
      
    } // closes: while (! inputFile.eof() )
    
    inputFile.close();
    tempFile_writeTo.close();
  } // closes: (inputFile.is_open() && tempFile_writeTo)
  
  
  /* WE HAVE CLEANED UP ALL THE EXTRA PUNCTUATION
     AND NOW ALL DATA IS ON A SEPARATE ROW. LET'S
     START READING FRoM THE TEMP AND WRITING ***/
  
  
  ifstream tempFile_readFrom ("temp.txt");
  ofstream outputFile;
  outputFile.open("out_dev.txt");  

  if (tempFile_readFrom.is_open() && outputFile.is_open())
  {
    while (! tempFile_readFrom.eof() )
    {      
      getline (tempFile_readFrom,temp_string);
      char *a=new char[temp_string.size()+1];
      a[temp_string.size()]=0;
      memcpy(a,temp_string.c_str(),temp_string.size());  
      
      //let's just print one to one and then hack
      for (int i = 0; i < temp_string.size(); i++)
      {
        outputFile << a[i];
      }
      outputFile << endl;
      
    } // closes: while (! tempFile_readFrom.eof() )
    
    tempFile_readFrom.close();
    outputFile.close();
  } // if (tempFile_readFrom.is_open() && outputFile.is_open())
  
  
  return 0;
} //** closes: main