Can C++ do this?

I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic functionality.
My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv format
etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.

I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record counts that
will exceed the limitations of Excel.

Can something of this nature be written using C++.

Thanks

Gordon

re: Can C++ do this?

"Gordon Ashford" <gja@longhope.fsworld.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic[/color]
functionality.[color=blue]
> My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv[/color]
format[color=blue]
> etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.
>
> I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record[/color]
counts that[color=blue]
> will exceed the limitations of Excel.
>
> Can something of this nature be written using C++.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon[/color]

Yes.
-Gernot

re: Can C++ do this?

"Gordon Ashford" <gja@longhope.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cdgbfq$cam$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...[color=blue]
> I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic[/color]
functionality.[color=blue]
> My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv format
> etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.
>
> I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record counts[/color]
that[color=blue]
> will exceed the limitations of Excel.
>
> Can something of this nature be written using C++.
>[/color]

Yes. I would expect something of that nature to be programmable in pretty
much any language you cared to name. Just go for the one you are most
familiar with.

john

re: Can C++ do this?

"Gordon Ashford" <gja@longhope.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cdgbfq$cam$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...[color=blue]
> I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic[/color]
functionality.[color=blue]
> My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv format
> etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.
>
> I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record counts[/color]
that[color=blue]
> will exceed the limitations of Excel.
>
> Can something of this nature be written using C++.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon
>
>[/color]

Hello

C++'s std library provide you with a set of algorithms and file management
routines that will aid you in your task.
You can still do your task w/o using the std by only relying on the
functions that the OS exports to the programmer.

--
Elias

re: Can C++ do this?

Gordon Ashford wrote:
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> I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic functionality.
> My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv format
> etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.
>
> I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record counts that
> will exceed the limitations of Excel.
>
> Can something of this nature be written using C++.[/color]



Of course, however for the above you would have to use some system
specific facilities, like .NET framework.






Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

http://www23.brinkster.com/noicys

re: Can C++ do this?

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

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> Of course, however for the above you would have to use some system
> specific facilities, like .NET framework.[/color]


.... only if you will want to interact with Excel, or use multithreading etc.






Regards,

Ioannis Vranos

http://www23.brinkster.com/noicys

re: Can C++ do this?

Gordon Ashford wrote:[color=blue]
> I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic functionality.
> My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv format
> etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.[/color]

The tasks you mention correspond to the Unix programs sort, cut, and uniq.
If your goal is simply to process the data, you would not do well with
C++ - there's a lot to learn before you consider doing complicated things.
But C++ is arguably the most powerful language there is, so it's important
to learn it if you want to do serious programming. (Even if you'll never
use C++ itself, you should learn it for the concepts.)

re: Can C++ do this?

"lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
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> "Gordon Ashford" <gja@longhope.fsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cdgbfq$cam$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...[color=green]
> > I am new to C++ and have started looking at some of the basic[/color]
> functionality.[color=green]
> > My aim to to create a process which can take a file (in .txt, .csv[/color][/color]
format[color=blue][color=green]
> > etc) and run various analyses (including but not limited to Sorting,
> > Summarizing, Duplicates etc) creating new outputs along the way.
> >
> > I am aiming to do this in a Windows enviroment but expect record counts[/color]
> that[color=green]
> > will exceed the limitations of Excel.
> >
> > Can something of this nature be written using C++.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Hello
>
> C++'s std library provide you with a set of algorithms and file management
> routines that will aid you in your task.
> You can still do your task w/o using the std by only relying on the
> functions that the OS exports to the programmer.
>
> --
> Elias
>
>[/color]
Elias

thanks for this. Where can I find these algorithms etc to see what is
available.

Thanks

Gordon

re: Can C++ do this?

Gordon Ashford <gja@longhope.fsworld.co.uk> spoke thus:
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> thanks for this. Where can I find these algorithms etc to see what is
> available.[/color]

Your friendly C++ reference will undoubtedly contain a wealth of
useful information. Hint: The header you want to look at is
<algorithm>.

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