huge problem :/

[bonne]

Hi guys, I need help with a code that I'm trying do (I'm not a programmer).
I need to open a txt file and read two characters (without quotes) example: "/ /" - "/ **" and "* /" and show to user the amount of each charactere.
I have this code and i can tell to user the amount of @ in a txt file.

c:

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main () {     FILE * pFile;     char * strstr ( const char *, const char * );     int c;     int a= 0;     pFile = fopen ("outro.txt", "r");         if (pFile !=NULL)         {             do { //DO             c = fgetc(pFile);             if (c=='@')a++;             }//DO             while (c != EOF);             fclose(pFile);             printf("The amount of @ = %d \n",a);         }     system("pause");     return 0; }

But i need do this with these characters: "/ /" - "/ **" and "* /"

Please, help!

[DemonWasp]

What have you tried to do to convert the program you listed there into the program you want?

What problems have you encountered?

Please wrap your code in [ code ] tags next time.

[Cancer Sol]

bonne @ 4/2/2013, 9:42 am wrote:

Hi guys, I need help with a code that I'm trying do (I'm not a programmer).
I need to open a txt file and read two characters (without quotes) example: "/ /" - "/ **" and "* /" and show to user the amount of each charactere.
I have this code and i can tell to user the amount of @ in a txt file.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main ()
{
FILE * pFile;
char * strstr ( const char *, const char * );
int c;
int a= 0;
pFile = fopen ("outro.txt", "r");
if (pFile !=NULL)
{
do { //DO
c = fgetc(pFile);
if (c=='@')a++;
}//DO
while (c != EOF);
fclose(pFile);
printf("The amount of @ = %d \n",a);
}
system("pause");
return 0;
}

But i need do this with these characters: "/ /" - "/ **" and "* /"

Please, help!

Umm it's kinda hard understanding what you're trying to say. // and /* */ are comments; the compiler skips it (I think) so the linker won't make it part of the program (it's probably hard for you to understand me since I don't even know what I'm saying sometimes )

[bonne]

I need to access a txt file (outro.txt) and must recognize these characters in this file: / /, / ** and * / that will be with other characters and I need it to return the amount of each of these characters (/ /, / ** and * /) in the file outro.txt.

Example outro.txt:
/ / A b c d e f / g * h i / / j k l m 8? 5 && * /

[nullptr]

bonne @ Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:01 am wrote:

I need to access a txt file (outro.txt) and must recognize these characters in this file: / /, / ** and * / that will be with other characters and I need it to return the amount of each of these characters (/ /, / ** and * /) in the file outro.txt.

Example outro.txt:
/ / A b c d e f / g * h i / / j k l m 8? 5 && * /

What should the program return with this input?

[bonne]

nullptr @ Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:40 pm wrote:

bonne @ Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:01 am wrote:

I need to access a txt file (outro.txt) and must recognize these characters in this file: / /, / ** and * / that will be with other characters and I need it to return the amount of each of these characters (/ /, / ** and * /) in the file outro.txt.

Example outro.txt:
// A b c d e f / g * h i // j k l m 8? 5 && * /

What should the program return with this input?

I have this entries in "outro.txt":
// A b c d e f /** h i // j k l m 8? 5 && * /
//
/** asdfggh // asasd

I want the program show me the totals for: "//" , "/**" and "*/" in "outro.txt"
I know i need to use substring but i don't know how to use...

[nullptr]

bonne @ Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:15 pm wrote:

nullptr @ Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:40 pm wrote:

bonne @ Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:01 am wrote:

I need to access a txt file (outro.txt) and must recognize these characters in this file: / /, / ** and * / that will be with other characters and I need it to return the amount of each of these characters (/ /, / ** and * /) in the file outro.txt.

Example outro.txt:
// A b c d e f / g * h i // j k l m 8? 5 && * /

What should the program return with this input?

I have this entries in "outro.txt":
// A b c d e f /** h i // j k l m 8? 5 && * /
//
/** asdfggh // asasd

I want the program show me the totals for: "//" , "/**" and "*/" in "outro.txt"
I know i need to use substring but i don't know how to use...

Suppose you complete your program and run it with this "outro.txt". What should the program output?

You can do it using substring, but there are better ways available. Take a look at this document for some String functions that could be useful: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

[Insectoid]

Those are pretty nice string functions. Unfortunately, C strings don't do all that much. These functions might be more useful.

[bonne]

Insectoid @ Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:18 pm wrote:

Those are pretty nice string functions. Unfortunately, C strings don't do all that much. These functions might be more useful.

Hi Insectoid and nullptr, thanks a lot for your help but I so noob that i don't know how to use substring in my code.
I know just basic things in C...
Can some one teach me how to use substring in my code or make some example for "how to use" with external txt file, please?

[Cancer Sol]

bonne @ 4/4/2013, 8:45 am wrote:

Insectoid @ Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:18 pm wrote:

Those are pretty nice string functions. Unfortunately, C strings don't do all that much. These functions might be more useful.

Hi Insectoid and nullptr, thanks a lot for your help but I so noob that i don't know how to use substring in my code.
I know just basic things in C...
Can some one teach me how to use substring in my code or make some example for "how to use" with external txt file, please?

Try using google. If you can't find any, then ask

[bl0ckeduser]

Here's a quick attempt at a C solution to your problem.

code:

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> typedef struct {         struct trie_t* map[256];         int key; } trie_t; trie_t* mktrie() {         trie_t* t = malloc(sizeof(trie_t));         int i;         if (!t) {                 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't allocate trie\n");                 exit(1);         }         for (i = 0; i < 256; ++i)                 t->map[i] = NULL;         t->key = 0;         return t; } void mkentry(trie_t *n, char* s, int key) {         trie_t *c = n;         for (; *s; ++s) {                 if (c->map[*s] == NULL)                         c->map[*s] = mktrie();                 c = c->map[*s];         }         c->key = key; } int main() {         FILE *f;         int i;         int c;         unsigned int counts[3] = {0};         trie_t *root = mktrie();         trie_t *curr = root;         mkentry(root, "//", 1);         mkentry(root, "/**", 2);         mkentry(root, "*/", 3);         if (!(f = fopen("outro.txt", "r"))) {                 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't open file\n");                 exit(1);         }         while ((c = fgetc(f)) >= 0) {                 if (curr->map[c] == NULL)                         curr = root;                 if (curr->map[c] != NULL) {                         curr = curr->map[c];                         if (curr->key) {                                 ++counts[curr->key - 1];                                 curr = root;                         }                 }         }         for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i)                 printf("%d ", counts[i]);         printf("\n");         fclose(f); }

Quick test:

code:

$ cat outro.txt // A b c d e f /** h i // j k l m 8? 5 && * / // /** asdfggh // asasd $ ./a.out 4 2 0

tries might be a bit overkill, i don't know. maybe you can use regexes or something.

EDIT: fixed the code to deal with cases like "/////*****//"

[bonne]

Cancer Sol @ Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:02 am wrote:

bonne @ 4/4/2013, 8:45 am wrote:

Insectoid @ Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:18 pm wrote:

Those are pretty nice string functions. Unfortunately, C strings don't do all that much. These functions might be more useful.

Hi Insectoid and nullptr, thanks a lot for your help but I so noob that i don't know how to use substring in my code.
I know just basic things in C...
Can some one teach me how to use substring in my code or make some example for "how to use" with external txt file, please?

Try using google. If you can't find any, then ask

This is why I'm here.

[wtd]

Chars in C are simply 8-bit integers. As such, they can represent numbers between 0 and 255. These correspond to various visual characters in the ASCII character set.

A pointer in C is either a 32 or 64-bit integer, depending on your system. For these purposes, the distinction is unimportant. A pointer stores the address in memory of some other piece of data.

An array in C is several pieces of data of one type laid out sequentially in memory. It is represented in code as a pointer to the first element in the array.

A string in C is simply an array of chars. By convention, strings in C are char arrays which end in the value zero. The presence of this zero tells string-handling functions that the string has ended.

Let's consider looping over an array of characters:

code:

char *str = "Hello world"; int i; for (i = 0; str[i] != 0; i++) {     printf("%c\n", str[i]); }

This is pretty straightforward. The zero at the end of the string is added automatically by the compiler. We then loop over the string like any other array. Our condition of termination is just that the character not equal zero.

If we want to print all of the two character sequences, we can do that. We just need to make sure the character after the current one isn't zero

code:

char *str = "Hello world"; int i; for (i = 0; str[i + 1] != 0; i++) {     printf("%c%c\n", str[i], string[i + 1]); }

Or perhaps we can express this using a loop to print the characters inside each two character section.

code:

char *str = "Hello world"; int i; for (i = 0; str[i + 1] != 0; i++) {     int j;     for (j = 0; j < 2; j++)     {         printf("%c", string[i + j]);     }     printf("\n"); }

Now that we've done this, we can easily modify it for three characters.

code:

char *str = "Hello world"; int i; for (i = 0; str[i + 2] != 0; i++) {     int j;     for (j = 0; j < 3; j++)     {         printf("%c", string[i + j]);     }     printf("\n"); }

Or, more generally...

code:

void print_substrings(char *str, int length) {     int i;     for (i = 0; str[i + length - 1] != 0; i++)     {         int j;         for (j = 0; j < length; j++)         {             printf("%c", string[i + j]);         }         printf("\n");     } }

Now, another problem we have to determine is if two strings are the same. To do this we have to loop over both and compare them one character at a time. We can cheat a bit by returning zero (false) from the function the first time we find a mismatch. If we make it to the end of the loop, we can assume the two are equal. [i]But, the loop might end because one string ended, but the other didn't. We'll test for this after the loop, since the variable i will still exist.

[Cancer Sol]

bonne @ 4/5/2013, 9:58 am wrote:

Cancer Sol @ Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:02 am wrote:

bonne @ 4/4/2013, 8:45 am wrote:

Insectoid @ Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:18 pm wrote:

Those are pretty nice string functions. Unfortunately, C strings don't do all that much. These functions might be more useful.

Hi Insectoid and nullptr, thanks a lot for your help but I so noob that i don't know how to use substring in my code.
I know just basic things in C...
Can some one teach me how to use substring in my code or make some example for "how to use" with external txt file, please?

Try using google. If you can't find any, then ask

This is why I'm here.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+How+to+use+substring+in+C
Try that.

[Insectoid]

Not this time, Cancer Sol.