Search and read multiple lines from a file

[nikes111]

I need to search a file for a name and display each line after that name until it comes to a '#' or some other specific character. How would I code this?

 

[ArkM]

Try starting with this (working sceleton:

#include <istream>
#include <string>

#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void scan(istream& f, const char* hpat)
{
  string line;

  while (getline(f,line))
  {
    while (line.find(hpat) == string::npos 
        && getline(f,line))
      ;
    while (getline(f,line) && line[0] != '#')
      cout << line << endl;
  }
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	ifstream f("test.txt");
	scan(f,"!");
	return 0;
}

It's 100% freeware, you may use/modify it as you wish...

 

[Cagliostro]

what do you mean to search for some file?

Ion Filipski

 

[nikes111]

Thanks ArkM, that was exactly what I needed.