C++ How to load a textfile and adding the content to a class?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

 

I am trying to learn how to use classes and I figured I'd create some sort of supermarket system to aid me with learning. After I have saved all the values from my text file into the temp variables, how do I then use them to create an object? I assume I want one object per item you can "buy"?

If you have any other tips on how to improve my code, please mention them as I just started with C++ a few days ago.

My text file looks like:

42 68 Apples
35 1 Oranges
70 25 Bananas

And my code is below:

// Classes.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

class Products {
private:
    int price;
    int ID;
    int quantity;

public:
    void setPrice(int newPrice) {
        price = newPrice;
    }
    void setID(int newID) {
        ID = newID;
    }
    void setQuantity(int newQuantity) {
        quantity = newQuantity;
    }

    int getPrice() {
        return price;
    }
    int getID() {
        return ID;
    }
    int getQuantity() {
        return quantity;
    }

};


int main()
{
    std::string line;
    std::string input;
    std::string temp;
    std::string temp2;
    std::string temp3;

    int counter = 0;
    while (input != "e" && input != "r") {
        std::cout << "Do you want to (r)ead the inventory or (e)dit it? (input 'r' or 'e'): ";
        getline(std::cin, input);
    }
    if (input == "r") {
        std::ifstream pFile ("products.txt");
        if (pFile.is_open()) {
            while (getline(pFile, line)) {
                std::istringstream iss(line);
                iss >> temp >> temp2 >> temp3;
                counter++;


            }
        }

    }
    return 0;
}
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manpreet 2 years ago

 

Looking at the text file that you are using as an example and trying to populate a set of classes with the information I'd do something like this:

Text File

42 68 Apples
35 1 Oranges
70 25 Bananas

Looking at the text file you have an int followed by space then another int followed by another space finally followed by a varying size of char[]. We can use this information to create your class or struct and this is how I would create the class based off of the content from the file that is being read in or parsed.

Produce.h

#ifndef PRODUCE_H
#define PRODUCE_H

#include 

class Produce {
private:
    unsigned price_;   // Normally would use float but will use unsigned for simplicity
    unsigned quantity_;
    std::string name_; // You could use the int as an id as you were using

public:
    Produce() {} // Default Constructor

    ~Produce() {} // Default Destructor

                  // User Constructor
    Produce(const std::string& name, const unsigned& price, const unsigned& qty )
        : name_(name), price_(price), quantity_( qty ) {}

    // Copy By Const Reference Constructor
    Produce(const Produce& other) {
        name_     = other.name_;
        price_    = other.price_;
        quantity_ = other.quantity_;
    }

    // Assignment Operator
    Produce& operator=(const Produce& other) {
        name_     = other.name_;
        price_    = other.price_;
        quantity_ = other.quantity_;
        return *this;
    }

    // Setters & Getters
    void setOrChangePrice(const unsigned& priceChange) {
        price_ = priceChange;
    }
    unsigned getPrice() const { return price_; }

    void setName(const std::string& name) {
        // Already Has A Name? Return!
        if (!name_.empty())
            return;
    }
    std::string getName() const { return name_; }

    void setOrChangeQuantity(const unsigned& qty) {
        quantity_ = qty
                                                    
                                                    
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