Yurttas/PL/OOL/Cplusplus/F/07/02/01/10/get list string.cpp

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 1/*
 2   Copyright(C) 1998
 3   All Rights Reserved. Salih Yurttas, ZCubes, BitsOfCode Software Systems, Inc..
 4
 5   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
 6   software and its documentation for EDUcATIONAL purposes
 7   and without fee is hereby granted provided that this
 8   copyright notice appears in all copies.
 9  
10   date   : January 1, 1998.
11   author : Salih Yurttas.
12
13   get_list_char.cpp
14*/
15
16
17#include <iostream>
18#include <fstream>
19
20#include <string>
21
22using namespace std;
23
24int get_list_string(string list[]) {
25  int i;
26
27  string filename;
28
29  cout << endl;
30  cout << "-> input filename : ";
31  cin >> filename;
32
33  ifstream f_in(filename.c_str());
34
35  if(!f_in) {
36    cerr << "File named as " << filename << " is not opened for input." << endl;
37    exit(1);
38  }
39  else {
40    i = 0;
41    while(f_in>>list[i])
42      ++i;
43    f_in.close();
44  }
45
46  return i; /* number of items counted. */
47}