The problem i'm having is getting it to save in a regular readable way. All that is ever outputted is garbage non character data.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
struct inventory {
int id;
int year;
string model;
string trim;
string color;
int engine;
};
int main() {
fstream inFile("inventory.txt", ios::in | ios::binary);
fstream accord("accord6.txt", ios::out | ios::binary);
int id;
int year;
string model;
string trim;
string color;
int engine;
int total = 0;
inventory honda[10], *temp = nullptr;
//copy items into the honda struc array
for (int count = 0; count < 10; count++) {
inFile >> id >> year >> model >> trim >> color >> engine;
honda[count].id = id;
honda[count].year = year;
honda[count].model = model;
honda[count].trim = trim;
honda[count].color = color;
honda[count].engine = engine;
};
//dynamically allocate a new struc
for (int count = 0; count < 10; count++) {
if (honda[count].model == "Accord") {
total += 1;
}
}
temp = new inventory[total];
//program is designed to copy all accord details into another text file
for (int count1 = 0; count1 < total; count1++) {
for (int count = 0; count < 10; count++) {
if (honda[count].model == "Accord")
{
temp[count1].id = honda[count].id;
temp[count1].year = honda[count].year;
temp[count1].model = honda[count].model;
temp[count1].trim = honda[count].trim;
temp[count1].color = honda[count].color;
temp[count1].engine = honda[count].engine;
}
}
}
//just making sure everything copied correctly
for (int count1 = 0; count1 < total; count1++) {
cout << temp[count1].id << endl;
cout << temp[count1].year << endl;
cout << temp[count1].model << endl;
cout << temp[count1].trim << endl;
cout << temp[count1].color << endl;
cout << temp[count1].engine << endl;
}
//this is the problem here when creating the text file. when i open it, its nothing but garbage text. any ideas?
accord.write(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&temp), sizeof(inventory));
}
And here is the file that i am reading from "inventory.txt":
1001 2014 Civic LX Red 4
1002 2014 Accord LX Blue 4
1005 2014 Accord EX Gold 6
1006 2014 Civic EX Black 4
1007 2014 Civic LX White 4
1010 2015 Accord EX White 6
1011 2015 Accord LX Black 4
1013 2015 Civic EX Red 4
1014 2015 Civic LX Beige 4
1015 2015 Accord EX Beige 6
