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  • A Andrew Admire

    Is there a way to create a program that would read a text file and every time it found a space it would replace the space with a line return?

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    Martial Spirit
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    sure, It isn't a difficult thing:-) read the text to buffer, and chr the space char ' ', then replace it with '\r', OK, output it to file or screen. Best Regards

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      sure, It isn't a difficult thing:-) read the text to buffer, and chr the space char ' ', then replace it with '\r', OK, output it to file or screen. Best Regards

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      Andrew Admire
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      Is it still possible with the console app? I would like to output it to a new file.

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      • A Andrew Admire

        Is it still possible with the console app? I would like to output it to a new file.

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        David Crow
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        Andrew Admire wrote: Is it still possible with the console app? Of course. Andrew Admire wrote: I would like to output it to a new file. Not a problem. Is this an MFC-based application?


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        • D David Crow

          Andrew Admire wrote: Is it still possible with the console app? Of course. Andrew Admire wrote: I would like to output it to a new file. Not a problem. Is this an MFC-based application?


          "Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

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          Andrew Admire
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          I do not know how to use MFC so no, I would like it to be straight console app based.

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          • A Andrew Admire

            I do not know how to use MFC so no, I would like it to be straight console app based.

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            David Crow
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            Andrew Admire wrote: ...I would like it to be straight console app based. MFC can be used in both GUI and console applications.


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            • D David Crow

              Andrew Admire wrote: ...I would like it to be straight console app based. MFC can be used in both GUI and console applications.


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              Andrew Admire
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              Ok, then no I would like to use C++.

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              • A Andrew Admire

                Ok, then no I would like to use C++.

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                David Crow
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                This should get you close. You can make the necessary changes and organize it a bit better.

                FILE *pFile = fopen("C:\\!conMania Collection\\list71.txt", "rb");
                if (NULL != pFile)
                {
                // how big is the file?
                fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
                long lSize = ftell(pFile);
                fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_SET);

                // allocate a buffer for it
                char \*pBuffer = new char\[lSize\];
                 
                // read the entire file
                // much more efficient than reading one byte at a time
                fread(pBuffer, sizeof(char), lSize, pFile);
                fclose(pFile);
                 
                // change the spaces to linefeeds
                for (int x = 0; x < lSize; x++)
                {
                    if (pBuffer\[x\] == ' ')
                        pBuffer\[x\] = '\\n';
                }
                 
                // create a new file
                pFile = fopen("C:\\\\!conMania Collection\\\\list71\_temp.txt", "wb");
                if (NULL != pFile)
                {
                    fwrite(pBuffer, sizeof(char), lSize, pFile);
                    fclose(pFile);
                }
                 
                delete \[\] pBuffer;
                

                }


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                • A Andrew Admire

                  Is there a way to create a program that would read a text file and every time it found a space it would replace the space with a line return?

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                  cgb143
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                  this needs a lot of polish, but it does the bare essentials. in_filename and out_filename could be selected using CFileDialog. they are hard coded here. #include windows.h #include string.h #include stdio.h main() { FILE *infile_p; // pointer for read file FILE *outfile_p; // pointer for write file int byte;// var for byte read from file if ((infile_p = fopen("in_filename", "r"))==NULL) // open file for read { exit(0); } if ((outfile_p = fopen("out_filename", "w"))==NULL) // open file for write { exit(0); } while (!feof(infile_p)) // end of file test { byte = (fgetc(infile_p)); if (byte == 32) // look for a space { fprintf(outfile_p ,"%c%c", 0x0d, 0x0a);/ replace it with CR/LF } else { fprintf( outfile_p, "%c", byte); } } return(0); }

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                    This should get you close. You can make the necessary changes and organize it a bit better.

                    FILE *pFile = fopen("C:\\!conMania Collection\\list71.txt", "rb");
                    if (NULL != pFile)
                    {
                    // how big is the file?
                    fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_END);
                    long lSize = ftell(pFile);
                    fseek(pFile, 0, SEEK_SET);

                    // allocate a buffer for it
                    char \*pBuffer = new char\[lSize\];
                     
                    // read the entire file
                    // much more efficient than reading one byte at a time
                    fread(pBuffer, sizeof(char), lSize, pFile);
                    fclose(pFile);
                     
                    // change the spaces to linefeeds
                    for (int x = 0; x < lSize; x++)
                    {
                        if (pBuffer\[x\] == ' ')
                            pBuffer\[x\] = '\\n';
                    }
                     
                    // create a new file
                    pFile = fopen("C:\\\\!conMania Collection\\\\list71\_temp.txt", "wb");
                    if (NULL != pFile)
                    {
                        fwrite(pBuffer, sizeof(char), lSize, pFile);
                        fclose(pFile);
                    }
                     
                    delete \[\] pBuffer;
                    

                    }


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                    Anonymous
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                    Don't you need replace with a \r\n ?

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                    • A Anonymous

                      Don't you need replace with a \r\n ?

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                      David Crow
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                      I don't know. It's not my project. Given that \r is a carriage return and \n is a line feed, I'm not sure what a "line return" is.


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                      • A Andrew Admire

                        Is there a way to create a program that would read a text file and every time it found a space it would replace the space with a line return?

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                        beerboy_22
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                        Here's a C++ solution: #include #include using namespace std; ... ifstream in("in.txt"); ofstream out("out.txt"); string s; while(is >> s) os << s << endl;

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                          this needs a lot of polish, but it does the bare essentials. in_filename and out_filename could be selected using CFileDialog. they are hard coded here. #include windows.h #include string.h #include stdio.h main() { FILE *infile_p; // pointer for read file FILE *outfile_p; // pointer for write file int byte;// var for byte read from file if ((infile_p = fopen("in_filename", "r"))==NULL) // open file for read { exit(0); } if ((outfile_p = fopen("out_filename", "w"))==NULL) // open file for write { exit(0); } while (!feof(infile_p)) // end of file test { byte = (fgetc(infile_p)); if (byte == 32) // look for a space { fprintf(outfile_p ,"%c%c", 0x0d, 0x0a);/ replace it with CR/LF } else { fprintf( outfile_p, "%c", byte); } } return(0); }

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                          Your program worked. However it kept the space after the . at the end of the sentence.

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