Lab 7 of 7: Sequential Files Sovled

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

using namespace std;

void menu(void);
void writeData(void);
void readData(void);
string * split(string, char);

const char FileName[] = “TestAddress.txt”;

int main () {
menu();
return 0;
} //end main

void menu(void) {
//allow user to choose to append records, display records or exit the program

}//end menu

void writeData(void){
//Write the Address Info to a file

}//end write data

void readData(void){
//read data from a file
//use the split function to break a
//deliminated line of text into fields

}//end read data

string * split(string theLine, char theDeliminator){
//Break theline into fields and save the fields to an array.
//Each field will occupy one element in a character array.
//theLine is a string with fields separated with theDeliminator character.
//Assumes the last field in the string is terminated with a newline.
//Useage: string *theFields = split(lineBuffer, ‘,’);

//determine how many splits there will be so we can size our array
int splitCount = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++){
if (theLine[i] == theDeliminator)
splitCount++;
}
splitCount++; //add one more to the count because there is not an ending comma

//create an array to hold the fields
string* theFieldArray;
theFieldArray = new string[splitCount];

//split the string into seperate fields
string theField = “”;
int commaCount = 0;

for(int i = 0; i < theLine.size(); i++){ //read each character and look for the deliminator
if (theLine[i] != theDeliminator) {
theField += theLine[i]; //build the field
}
else { //the deliminator was hit so save to the field to the array
theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //save the field to the array
theField = “”;
commaCount++;
}
}
theFieldArray[commaCount] = theField; //the last field is not marked with a comma…

return theFieldArray;
} //end split

open the text file to append

start do while loop

Allow user to enter name

store name (using getline method)

Allow user to enter city

store city (using getline method)

.

.

write name, city, etc. to the file

end loop

close the file

End

Name……….John Smith
Street………902 Union Ave
City…………Any Town
State………..TX
Zip Code……78552

“Enter another Record? (Y/N) “