Needing help with program for class due in two days. (Code in chat along with givenfiles)

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@tough breach

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[tough breach]

here is my current code

here are the given files

Also the screenshots at the topic are in reverse order...

[hollow escarp]

what's your question?

[tough breach]

my question is how to even continue, i dont even know where to start with writing the while loop in main along with all the functions

[hollow escarp]

well first, what do you need to do?

[tough breach]

write main the main function that has the correct while loop

[hollow escarp]

and what's the correct while loop?

what does it need to do?

[hollow escarp]

summarize it in your own words

like with bullet points or something

[tough breach]

the main function needs to
open the dino direct file and validate if it can be opene d
start the loop to read from the file
inside the loop it should increment the appropriate accumulator variable.
call the carn or herb func
open the correct file (carn or herb)
then call the printdino func
close the file
After the loop completes that read in all the data and printed the data to the output files, then you can close the
input file.

then

print the results to the screen

[hollow escarp]

good! Thank you :3

now, which of those steps are you stuck on?

[tough breach]

The start of the loop and down haha

[hollow escarp]

what does the loop iterate over?

[tough breach]

what do you mean ? im like a beginner beginner

[echo kelp]

does it iterate over a file? a number?

[tough breach]

file

the file being the dino direct

[echo kelp]

so its iterating per line in the file?

per character?

[hollow escarp]

a loop usually does something until that condition is met. What is that condition?
Loops also can use a different value every time it loops over, this is called iteration

[tough breach]

yes because in the files the text is seprated by '#'

[echo kelp]

so are you iterating over each "chunk" of text

[hollow escarp]

so you're iterating over the strings delimited by #?

[tough breach]

basically from my understanding the loop allows for input from the user then from there determines what function is being called to do that certain part of code. I would suppouse so (Gustavo) the whole point of the program is to get text from the files but the text needes from the file is seprated by #. Rald yes.

[echo kelp]

i see

[hollow escarp]

are you able to write that loop that asks for the user to input what is required?

[tough breach]

do you mean like a cin>> ?

[hollow escarp]

if you need an input from the user directly, yes

[tough breach]

the screenshots at the beginning explain what im trying to say in a much better way

[hollow escarp]

I haven't read them, and will not read them

if you can't explain them, you don't understand the assignment (and I'll help you understand it)

[tough breach]

i would say i understand and dont understand the assingment but i also dont think i am knowledable enough to even write the code if i fully understood the assingment

[hollow escarp]

you need to break it down into smaller chunks that you understand

then connect the chunks together to make the program

[echo kelp]

how limited is your knowledge in cpp

[hollow escarp]

that's not important tbh

[tough breach]

i learned how to use cout about a month and a half ago

so

[hollow escarp]

if it's the current assignment they need to do, they're knowledgeable enough

[tough breach]

like very limited

[echo kelp]

okay

have you opened the file with ifstream?

[hollow escarp]

do you think you can write the pseudo code of what you need to do?

[tough breach]

yes

[echo kelp]

^^

[tough breach]

most likely not

well

[hollow escarp]

it's a lot easier than writing the real code

[echo kelp]

then its going to be incredibly difficult if u cant even write the pseudocode for it

[tough breach]

ive got somewhat i need

[echo kelp]

just go a step down from this

[hollow escarp]

basically, write the code in english. For example:

while input is not valid:
  input = GetInput()
  if input is valid:
    break

[tough breach]

cout << "Dinosaur Directery File Name" ;
getline(cin, userin);

    while(userin ==  "dinoDirectery")
    {
        inFile.open("dinoDierectery.txt") ;
    }
    
    while(getline(inFile, tempstring , '#'))
    {

        
    }
    
    while (inFile >> dinoname) {

where the second while is is where i am truly stuck i guess

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[tough breach]

        getline(cin, userin); 

        while(userin ==  "dinoDirectery")
        {
            inFile.open("dinoDierectery.txt") ;
        }

        while(getline(inFile, tempstring , '#'))
        {


        }

        while (inFile >> dinoname) 

[hollow escarp]

what is the point of those loops?

[tough breach]

okay first one while the user inputs directery file the file opens

[hollow escarp]

why is it in a loop?

[tough breach]

I guess so i could validate input

[hollow escarp]

are you validating the input in the loop?

[tough breach]

i guess

[hollow escarp]

what are you doing if the input is not valid?

furthermore, what do you do if the input is valid?

[tough breach]

i would loop the getline

if input is invalid

so the user can input something again

[hollow escarp]

but that's not what this code does

[tough breach]

obvisouly

[hollow escarp]

why don't we start by fixing that then? ^^

[tough breach]

okay yes

[hollow escarp]

what are the steps that need to be done in that loop?

[tough breach]

would the getline be inside the while loop

[hollow escarp]

yes, we want to let the user make an input if what they entered is not valid

[tough breach]

        {
            getline(cin, userin); 
            inFile.open("dinoDierectery.txt") ;
        }

i guess whats confusing me here

is

wouldnt it be like while getline = dinodirect

then it would open the file

[hollow escarp]

you can do that, yes

you also want to re-ask for a different input when the input is not valid, not when it is valid, correct?

[tough breach]

how do i close this thread

[hollow escarp]

!solved

[trail cave]

You can only close threads you own

[tough breach]

!solved

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