Stuck on how to read words from text file

[jimmyjamz]

So far I have it so that I can open up a file. From there I'm trying to go through the each word of the file and if it starts with an A, I want to throw it into a linked list for words starting with A. So essentially I want to take word #1, if it starts with A or a, throw it in a A linked list. then move onto word #2.... Any suggestions would be extremely helpful. here is the code I have so far....


#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
string fileName;
cout << "Enter the name of the file: ";
cin >> fileName;

ifstream ifs;
ifs.open(fileName.c_str());

if (!ifs.is_open())
{
cout << "That file does not exist" << endl;
system("pause");
}

return 0;
}

[sicarie]

You need to declare or implement your linkedlist, get the input, get an individual word, store that, check to see if the first letter is a, if so put it in list, if not, get next word, when words are done, get more input, done while !eof

[jimmyjamz]

You need to declare or implement your linkedlist, get the input, get an individual word, store that, check to see if the first letter is a, if so put it in list, if not, get next word, when words are done, get more input, done while !eof

My main concern is that I'm unsure of how to go about getting the first word... I've been looking for some kind of tutorial or write up on how to go about doing it, but haven't been to successful.

[sicarie]

My main concern is that I'm unsure of how to go about getting the first word... I've been looking for some kind of tutorial or write up on how to go about doing it, but haven't been to successful.

You have your ifs declared, you can use >> to read in from it, or getline, or a number of methods. A site I frequently link to is cplusplus.com, as they have pretty good tutorials (IMHO).

[jimmyjamz]

You have your ifs declared, you can use >> to read in from it, or getline, or a number of methods. A site I frequently link to is cplusplus.com, as they have pretty good tutorials (IMHO).

alright thank you.. I'll check that website out now

[jimmyjamz]

i ended up figuring out how to read the words in word by word... but i'm trying to have it so that if the word starts with a " (quote) that it will look at the next letter in the character array... but I can't get it to take " in single quotes for the comparison. Here is my code... I think there is some kind of \ that will stop it from reading it as a quote and use it as an actual character but I can't remember what it is...

 else if(character[0] == '"') 

[jimmyjamz]

i ended up figuring out how to read the words in word by word... but i'm trying to have it so that if the word starts with a " (quote) that it will look at the next letter in the character array... but I can't get it to take " in single quotes for the comparison. Here is my code... I think there is some kind of \ that will stop it from reading it as a quote and use it as an actual character but I can't remember what it is...

 else if(character[0] == '"') 

nvrmind.. it was the backslash i'm not sure as to why it didnt work earlier.

[sicarie]

Glad you figured it out!

If you have any more trouble, feel free to post again.