[nebrad]

Here is my code,

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

main()
{
	while(1)
	{
		ifstream file("run.inf");
		string line;
		string value0 = "protect = 0";
		string value1 = "protect = 1";

		do
		{
			getline(file, line);
		} while(!file.eof());

		// strange behavior of the program
		if(line.find(value1))
		{
			cout << "protecting" << endl;
			return 0;
		}
		else if(line.find(value0))
		{
			cout << "no protection" << endl;
			return 0;
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

how can I fix this error, when there is file conatining "protect = 1" program prints "no protecting" and vice versa?

How can I check if file exists?

[Ancient Dragon]

Its only checking the last line of the file -- is that what it should do?

And that do-while loop can be simplified to just this

while( getline(file, line) )
  ;

What you probably want is this:

while( getline(file, line) )
{
		if(line.find(value1))
		{
			cout << "protecting" << endl;
			return 0;
		}
		else if(line.find(value0))
		{
			cout << "no protection" << endl;
			return 0;
		}
}

This post has been edited by Ancient Dragon: 23 October 2009 - 11:28 AM

[nebrad]

this doesn't solve the problem, the program never comes to the else if, when when the first if loop isn't true.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Read the manual, and take note of the return values for find.

[jjl]

if(line.find(value1,0)!=string::npos)

[nebrad]

if I delete returns from if and else if loops program loops, I don't want that I want my program to print the message once for correct string in file.