I have a rather large text file, and want to have a C++ program that scans through it and returns the section of the chapter that I want. For example, let's say that the file is called "MyTales.txt", and the contents of it are
MYTALE by Me (classifying what book it is)
CHAPTER ONE
Part 1: The Start
Where Part 1 (in its entirety) is the section to be returned.
As a basic template, here's what I thought of so far:
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
ifstream in;
ofstream out;
string book, chapter, part;
int main() {
cout << "Please enter the part to locate:\nBook: ";
cin >> book;
cout << "Chapter: ";
cin >> chapter;
cout << "Part: ";
cin >> part;
in.open("MyTales.txt");
while (in >> data) {
// where data is assigned
}
out.open("BookParts.txt");
out << data;
in.close();
out.close();
}
I'm just not sure how to assign "data" properly. I've tinkered w/ some string functions and other things, but nothing seems to work out. Any help is greatly appreciated!
The first problem would be to generate the title of the chapter from its numerical value. Once the name is obtained, ignore the input line-wise including the chapter name. Then read the input until you encounter a line beginning with "CHAPTER" or the end of the Input. Finally output everything you have read.