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Dark GDK / Reading a .txt file into an array

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dajack05
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2009 02:48
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hello everyone I am trying to load in a .txt file and to store each line in an array... Basically if the .txt file is this:

hello
world
my
name
is
bob

then i want the variable to read

char words[0]{hello}
char words[1]{world}
char words[2]{my}
char words[3]{name}
char words[4]{is}
char words[5]{bob}

thx

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Caleb1994
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2009 05:10
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Then do something like this:



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Marsh0
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2009 08:16 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2009 08:18
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^ code is proberly better, but its look complicated and confusing to me. Here is a simpler one. Requires #include <fstream>

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Caleb1994
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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 15:52 Edited at: 24th Nov 2009 15:53
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A lot of people on here want to use dgdk functions. lol i actually like fstream good job

Although doesn't fstream have a getline function? and does it need to use the string type? because everything in dgdk uses char*'s

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dark coder
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Quote: "because everything in dgdk uses char*'s"


So just use .c_str(), std::string makes your life a lot easier so you should use it for pretty much all of your strings anyway.

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Caleb1994
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Posted: 24th Nov 2009 19:45
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Oh wow i didn't know there was that function! thanks!

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Marsh0
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Quote: "So just use .c_str(), std::string makes your life a lot easier so you should use it for pretty much all of your strings anyway.
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That and dbStr() save so much time!. I love them.
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Caleb1994
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Posted: 25th Nov 2009 21:04
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dbStr() is different.

dbStr() is like sprintf. it takes a value and converts it to a string. what he is talking about is a string, but not like a char* string(which is called a c string) it's a class called string. One of it's functions is c_str() which returns a c string( a char*) that can be used with dark GDK stuff.

The string class has very useful things like copy and operators like + and -, and there are operators for equality testing. Unlike a c string when you type this:

if(myString1 == myString2)

it will test if the value of the strings are equal, not the pointers. it functions much like a dbp string.

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Standart-strings and fstream save so much trouble and have lots of useful functions! I wouldn't do any DGDK app without them these days
For me, they're two of the reasons why DarkGDK is superior to DBPro...

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dark coder
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Quote: "dbStr() is different."


He knows, he said "That and dbStr() save so much time!", implying that both are boons.

Though I personally wouldn't go near dbStr() with a barge pole, or generally any of the GDK string functions unless you have to; they all dynamically allocate memory which means you have to free it yourself, which a lot of people don't realise plus it's easy to forget, and makes it so you can't use dbStr() safely in certain situations(like passing it to a function). If you must use such functions, at least wrap it so you only have to handle the deallocation once. GDK's lack of const-correctness is also annoying as you have to keep casting to stupid types whenever you need to pass a string, thus I usually end up wrapping any string related functions and generally everything.

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Caleb1994
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They dynamicly allocate memory???!!! I'm never using them again! lol I had no idea!

I geuss it's obvious that they do that. I just never thought of it. Grrrrr lol

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hey i tried all these methods and they didnt work

can someone show me a working method or something, im getting realy odd errors like:



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Freedom Fighters
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im having the same problem. fstream don't work. this is one of those problems that need to be solved

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Marsh0
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I believe the solution has nothing to do with your code but your project settings. I forget exactly what, try changing your character set to Not Set and your use of MFc to Use Standard Windows Libraries
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is this completely beneficial or come with some side effects?



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Freedom Fighters
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That's the default setting. it makes no sense. simple solution would be to create a File I/O Dll.

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Caleb1994
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For fstream be sure you include iostream, and fstream and then use:

using namespace std;


fstream has a getline function.

google the linker errors(the new and delete ones)

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Try going to Project->Project Properties...->[+]Configuration Settings->[+]C/C++->Code Generation and change the runtime library to /MT NOT /MTd

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doesnt work



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Freedom Fighters
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Posted: 9th Dec 2009 02:16 Edited at: 9th Dec 2009 02:48
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i've completed mine on reading text files im posting a tutorial about it soon

Edit: Ok, its an example on matrix with it reading from a text file

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Klas Wullt
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nothing works.. I am desperate.
Please.. does anyone know?
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Cetobasilius
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Posted: 29th Dec 2009 12:23
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i know how... i tried to use the fstream way but i just couldnt get it to work well along with dgdk...

anyway here is the simplified version of the code you want



if this doesnt work then visit this thread
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=163043&b=22

i posted some of my games code... any news would be great

hi
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