Substring Text File

[Walter Thizo]

Hi Programmers

Look at the text files below -

............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... .......
18-JUL-2008 11:10 JOKOTO UNIVERSITY Page : 1

Dept : 6601 - BUSINESS INFORMATICS
Subject : IDC30AE - INDUSTRY EXPOSURE IIIA

Class Group : A
Responsible Lecturer(s): 5000282 MR H MATOLO (Primary)
Student
Number and Name
800128241 MOLOOI,DI
804282322 KOPEN,BT
............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... .............

My Question :


This is the format of text file that i am working with , my task is to start by substring from Dept but i failed to do that , what i can do is to substring from begin of files, can u pls guysb give me idea?

[JosAH]

Hi Programmers

Look at the text files below -

............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... .......
18-JUL-2008 11:10 JOKOTO UNIVERSITY Page : 1

Dept : 6601 - BUSINESS INFORMATICS
Subject : IDC30AE - INDUSTRY EXPOSURE IIIA

Class Group : A
Responsible Lecturer(s): 5000282 MR H MATOLO (Primary)
Student
Number and Name
800128241 MOLOOI,DI
804282322 KOPEN,BT
............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... .............

My Question :


This is the format of text file that i am working with , my task is to start by substring from Dept but i failed to do that , what i can do is to substring from begin of files, can u pls guysb give me idea?

Simply read the first two lines and discard them. The third line you read will be the
line you want to process.

kind regards,

Jos

[Walter Thizo]

Simply read the first two lines and discard them. The third line you read will be the
line you want to process.

kind regards,

Jos

I appreciate your respond but look what i did (Code below)-


//loop through the file
for (int x=0 ; x < 21 ; x++)
{


//read the first line and delete
Space = OneFileLine.Pos ("-");
IDStud = OneFileLine.Sub String(1,Space-1 ) ;
OneFileLine = OneFileLine.Del ete(1,Space );

Comma = OneFileLine.Pos (":");
StudSurname = OneFileLine.Sub String(1,Comma-1 ) ;
OneFileLine = OneFileLine.Del ete(1,Comma );


but my problem is that line is too long ,maybe can u give me shortest method of reading line and discard pls ?

[JosAH]

What language is that? Is it C#? This is a C and C++ forum; nevertheless, if you're
talking C++ have a look at the istream.getline () function, if you're talking C have
a look at the fgets() function.

kind regards,

Jos

[Walter Thizo]

What language is that? Is it C#? This is a C and C++ forum; nevertheless, if you're
talking C++ have a look at the istream.getline () function, if you're talking C have
a look at the fgets() function.

kind regards,

Jos

Jos , it is C++ and all i want is a logic of how can i use getline function to solve my problem because I did use getline fuction to read all records inside the text file .So pls can u give me the logic

Kind Regards

[JosAH]

Jos , it is C++ and all i want is a logic of how can i use getline function to solve my problem because I did use getline fuction to read all records inside the text file .So pls can u give me the logic

Kind Regards

I already gave you the best options in reply #4. Just read and discard the first
two lines before you start your loop.

kind regards,

Jos