How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

[FrancisC]

How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

EXP 0 R:\000\un\111\e00\e00noLog\1006\bdry_arc.e00
ARC 2
1 1 0 0 0 0 7

i.e., I want to get the "7" in the third line, how can I do that?

thx!!

 

[Moonlit]

Hi,

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int RetVal = 0;
ofstream Input( "Filename" );
if( !Input.is_open() )
{
// Could use exceptions, but since it is so small...
RetVal = 1;
}
else
{
string Line;
getline( Input, Line );
getline( Input, Line );
getline( Input, Line );
cout << Input[ 49 ] << endl;
}

return RetVal;
}

TODO add some more error checking.

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

 

[Moonlit]

Oops in my previous post that should be ifstream of course.

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

 

[Frank Schmitt]

How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

EXP 0 R:\000\un\111\e00\e00noLog\1006\bdry_arc.e00
ARC 2
1 1 0 0 0 0 7

i.e., I want to get the "7" in the third line, how can I do that?

The 7 is the 70th character on this line, not the 50th.

Some things are better done with standard unix tools than reinvented:

head -3 bla | tail -1 | cut -b 50

kind regards
frank

 

[Dietmar Kuehl]

How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

std::ifstream in("file.name");
std::istreambuf_iterator<char> beg(in), end;

beg = std::find(std::find(beg, end, '\n'), end, '\n');
for (int i = 0; i < 50 && beg != end; ++beg)
;
if (beg != end)
std::cout << "the 50th character on the third line is '"
<< *beg << "'\n";
else
std::cout << "some error occured while looking for the character\n";

 

[Moonlit]

Hi

Now without the typo's ;-)

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int RetVal = 0;
ifstream Input( "Filename" );
if( !Input.is_open() )
{
// Could use exceptions, but since it is so small...
RetVal = 1;
}
else
{
string Line;
getline( Input, Line );
getline( Input, Line );
getline( Input, Line );
cout << Line[ 49 ] << endl;
}

return RetVal;
}

 

[Default User]

How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

I recommend you decide which language you are working in. This same
question appeared in comp.lang.c.




Brian Rodenborn

 

[Howard]

How can I open a file, skip first 2 lines and get the 50th character?

EXP 0 R:\000\un\111\e00\e00noLog\1006\bdry_arc.e00
ARC 2
1 1 0 0 0 0 7

i.e., I want to get the "7" in the third line, how can I do that?

thx!!

one way:

1) Open the file for reading
2) Read the first line into a string
3) Read the next line into the same string
4) Read the third line into the same string
5) The character you want is in the string...just use it! (i.e.,
myString[49])

-Howard