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!