read last character from a file

[Rasputin]

Hello,

The topic of this question is somewhat related to my previous question, but I wasn't sure if it diserved its own thread. In case of doubt... I double threated. If it's not OK let me know for next time.

I am reading strings from a file to a vector, doing some "operations" on them, and then rewriting a new file. I noticed, after intense searching, than when there is a newline ("\n") at the end of the input file, the last string is read twice (because I read using while(inputFile.good()){...} ).

So when I am rewriting my new file, I read from the vector and write to a txt file, and since the last string is recorded twice, it is then written twice. I would like to avoid that by checking if the last character of the file is not "\n". Also, since I'm already making a pass reading with strings, I would like to avoid making a second using getc() and check its final value. Avoiding the first pass with strings is not an option.

A temporary solution could be to compare the last 2 strings if they are equal, but this is risky.

I have thought about trying to point to the last character, but I'm lacking knowledge. I saw in the help methods like tell()s and seek()s, but it's not quite clear to me how they can be useful (they return "strange" datatypes).

As always, any thoughts/advices/help would be appreciated,

Ras.

[weaknessforcats]

You should be able to use getline():

ifstream input("data.txt");
char buffer[256];
input.getline(buffer, 256);
 

getline() converts the \n to a null terminator in buffer so you don't have to worry about it.

[Rasputin]

You should be able to use getline():

ifstream input("data.txt");
char buffer[256];
input.getline(buffer, 256);
 

getline() converts the \n to a null terminator in buffer so you don't have to worry about it.

Let me put it like this:
I have a multiple lines txt file, with different strings separated with spaces (it could be assimilated to a normal text).

I want to put all these strings in a vector, so I use

fileInput >> temp;
vecFileContent.push_back(temp); 
 

I perform some operations on those strings using my vector.
Then, I want to rewrite a new file, so I copy the content of my vector to that file.

Maybe I didn't get you right, but getline() is not helping me out because I still need to use .operator>>() method to fill my vector. The problem occurs because of the \n at the end of the file.

Your time is always appreciated,

Ras.

[Savage]

Let me put it like this:
I have a multiple lines txt file, with different strings separated with spaces (it could be assimilated to a normal text).

I want to put all these strings in a vector, so I use

fileInput >> temp;
vecFileContent.push_back(temp); 
 

I perform some operations on those strings using my vector.
Then, I want to rewrite a new file, so I copy the content of my vector to that file.

Maybe I didn't get you right, but getline() is not helping me out because I still need to use .operator>>() method to fill my vector. The problem occurs because of the \n at the end of the file.

Your time is always appreciated,

Ras.

You could read a whole line by using getline and then tokenize it and push it into vector.

Savage

[Rasputin]

You could read a whole line by using getline and then tokenize it and push it into vector.

Savage

got it, thanks.

Ras.