C++ I/O for parsing a simple file

[Nafai]

Hello!

I'd be very grateful if you can give some advice to me. I explain my
problem:

I want to read a file whose structure I need to be like this:

#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
....
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...

So what I want is to be able to read a file in which there are some
lists of values separated by new line. Each value is separated by a
comma. And there may be comments at the beggining or at the end of any line.

I can't use getline(...,...,'\n') because I have to take care of '#'
I can't use getline(...,...,'\#') because comments are not compulsory.

So what do you suggest?

thanks.

[Val]

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| I can't use getline(...,...,'\n') because I have to take care of '#'
| I can't use getline(...,...,'\#') because comments are not compulsory.
|

Yes you can. Then check for the existance of "#". It it exists, remove it and everything that comes after that.

[Alvin Beach]

Nafai wrote:

Hello!

I'd be very grateful if you can give some advice to me. I explain my
problem:

I want to read a file whose structure I need to be like this:

#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...

So what I want is to be able to read a file in which there are some
lists of values separated by new line. Each value is separated by a
comma. And there may be comments at the beggining or at the end of any
line.

I can't use getline(...,...,'\n') because I have to take care of '#'
I can't use getline(...,...,'\#') because comments are not compulsory.

So what do you suggest?

thanks.

I would use an fstream and read a line at a time (so basically the
getline()). Then I would check the first character, if it's a # then the
line is a comment. If not, the the line contains values a possible comment.
How you handle when a line doesn't start with a # can be done 101 different
ways.

[Nafai]

I asked this question because there are many files with this structure
and I thought there would be a "standard" way of doing sth like this. I
can do it my way but I would like to hear some tips or frequent ways of
doing this.

Thanks.
Alvin Beach escribió:

Nafai wrote:

Hello!

I'd be very grateful if you can give some advice to me. I explain my
problem:

I want to read a file whose structure I need to be like this:

#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
#comments...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...
...
value1,value2,value3,...,valueN # comments...

So what I want is to be able to read a file in which there are some
lists of values separated by new line. Each value is separated by a
comma. And there may be comments at the beggining or at the end of any
line.

I can't use getline(...,...,'\n') because I have to take care of '#'
I can't use getline(...,...,'\#') because comments are not compulsory.

So what do you suggest?

thanks.

I would use an fstream and read a line at a time (so basically the
getline()). Then I would check the first character, if it's a # then the
line is a comment. If not, the the line contains values a possible comment.
How you handle when a line doesn't start with a # can be done 101 different
ways.

[Nafai]

> I would use an fstream and read a line at a time (so basically the

getline()). Then I would check the first character, if it's a # then the
line is a comment. If not, the the line contains values a possible comment.
How you handle when a line doesn't start with a # can be done 101 different
ways.

I asked this question because there are many files with this structure
and I thought there would be a "standard" way of doing sth like this. I
can do it my way but I would like to hear some tips or frequent ways of
doing this.

Thanks.