need help for this code

[diyaz]

You are required to write a program which will:
· Fetch inputs from the user
· Ask the user how many words that he want to insert
· Append the original inputs to the screen (and save to a file called as string.txt)
· Append the scrambled inputs to the screen (and save to a file called as
shuffle.txt)
· Shuffled inputs contain the new modified sentence which all the words are
randomly scattered.
· The amount of reshuffled repeated are based from the user’s intention
· Read/search on randomize ( rand(), srand() ) to help you on this. Refer
page 150 and above in your textbook- Chapter 4. Also, find a function call within
algorithm library which allow you to reshuffle arrays’ element-do Internet
search! (which means you have to do #include<algorithm> as the
processor directive.
· Since you are dealing with words, use “string” data type.
the example output
See the example output in the screen below:
Begin file creation
Insert how many words
6
Please insert the words that you want to scramble
I HAVE A CAT, BIG CAT!
Original word....
I HAVE A CAT, BIG CAT!

Scrambling character(s)...
Iteration #1
I CAT! CAT, BIG HAVE A
Reshuffle?
Y

Scrambling character(s)...
Iteration #2
I HAVE A CAT! CAT, BIG
Reshuffle?
Y

Scrambling character(s)...
Iteration #3
I BIG CAT, HAVE CAT! A
Reshuffle?
Y

Scrambling character(s)...
Iteration #4
I A CAT! CAT, BIG HAVE
Reshuffle?
Y

Scrambling character(s)...
Iteration #5
I HAVE BIG CAT! A CAT,
Reshuffle?
N
Stop at iteration #5
Thank you!

Contents of string.txt
I HAVE A CAT, BIG CAT!

Contents of shuffle.txt
I CAT! CAT, BIG HAVE A
I HAVE A CAT! CAT, BIG
I BIG CAT, HAVE CAT! A
I A CAT! CAT, BIG HAVE
I HAVE BIG CAT! A CAT,

ok, i've done this code using dev-c++. the problem is, when the program random the word, the word that came out is unreadable and i can't store the output to shuffle.txt file. can somebody define the mistake of this code?

this is the code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include<algorithm>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#define SIZE 12 
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout<<"Begin file creation"<<endl;
    int num;
    cout<<"Insert how many words"<<endl;
    cin>>num;
    string word;
    cout<<"Please insert the words that you want to scramble"<<endl;
    getline(cin,word,'!');
    
    ofstream fout;
    
    fout.open("string.txt");
    if (!fout)
    {
              cerr<<"Error open file";
              exit(100);
    }
    fout<<word;
    cout<<endl<<endl;
    cout<<"Original word...."<<endl;
    cout<<word<<endl;

    
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("string.txt");
       
    
    if (!fin)
    {
              cerr<<"Error open file";
              exit(100);
    }
    getline(fin,word);
    cout<<word;
    fin.close();
    srand(time(0));
      
    do{
    cout<<"scrambling character(s)..."<<endl;
    cout<<endl<<endl;
    cout<<"Iteration #"<<nom<<endl;
    nom++;
    cout<<endl; 
    
    ofstream fin;
    fin.open("shuffle.txt");
    
    if(!fin)
    {
            cerr<<"Invalid!";
            exit(100);
    }
    

    srand (time(NULL));
    num=strlen(jumble);
    randomChoice = rand()%num;
    //strcpy(jumble,num[randomChoice]);
        for (j=0;jumble[j]!='\0';j++)// to scramble the word
        {                                
        k = rand() % num;
        temp      = jumble[j];
        jumble[j] = jumble[k];
        jumble[k] = temp;
        }
        
        cout<<jumble<<endl;
    
     
     fin.close();
     cout<<endl<<endl;
     
     cout<<"Reshuffle?"<<endl;
     cin>>shuffle; 
  
    }while((shuffle=='Y')||(shuffle=='y'));
    
    if((shuffle=='N')||(shuffle=='n'))
      {
      cout<<"Stop at iteration #"<<nom-1<<endl;
      cout<<"Thank you"<<endl;
      }
    else
    cout<<"Wrong Input!"<<endl;
    
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

my example how many word is '6'
my example word is 'i have a cat, big cat!'

i need a quick answer actually and thank u for helping.
beside reply it here, you can reply it to my e-mail [snipped email]
i really need the answer as fast as you can. sorry for trouble!

[iamthwee]

That code doesn't even compile so how you get an output file who knows?

[diyaz]

u can't? is something wrong with code cos my compiler can compile it. the problem occurred when it comes to random the word and to save it to the shuffle.txt

[iamthwee]

>is something wrong with code cos my compiler can compile it

This is a lie. Please don't lie to us. (I am using dev-cpp) Also, read your assignment, aren't you supposed to use random_shuffle from the header file #include <algorithm> or something I don't see you doing that.

[diyaz]

so, my code is really wrong. i'm sorry coz i'm still new using this dev c++. but i really don't understand about the algorithm. i can't use this code at all? sorry for making trouble. can u tell me which part is wrong but this code can run right?

[iamthwee]

Firstly, you shouldn't lie to us. Don't pretend you are new to dev-cpp and you have compiled that code you posted and got an output, because clearly you haven't!

Second I shall give you a few clues.

-You need to use getline to read in a string. (you may be doing this already)
-you need to separate the string into tokens, this is generally called tokenising your input, the whitespace will be your delimiter here.
-now you can put your words into an array or vector, this depends on what you teacher is expecting.
-Then you can shuffle the words about using the code:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/algorithm/random_shuffle.html

Then write that to a file.

Third, we don't do favours, it's only urgent to you and therefore you should have organised you time better.

[diyaz]

thank you very much and sorry for troubling you but i really can run this code and i dun lie.
it become like this:

but anyway, thank u so much.

[iamthwee]

Well then the code you posted above is wrong, or you posted the wrong one by accident.

[VernonDozier]

Well then the code you posted above is wrong, or you posted the wrong one by accident.

Yes, the code you posted would not compile anywhere. You don't define nom . Copy and paste the code you posted verbatim and try compiling it again.

[diyaz]

opss, its really my fault! sorry,sorry!this is the correct code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include<algorithm>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#define SIZE 12      
using namespace std;

char ans;
int no=1;

int rand(int num)
{
    return rand()%num;
}
int main()
{
    int randomWord;
    char sentence[SIZE];
    int i, j; 
    char temp;
    int num;
    string word ;
    cout<<"Begin file creation "<<endl;
    cout<<"Insert how many words "<<endl;
    cin>>num;
    cout<<"Please insert the words that you want to scramble"<<endl;
    getline(cin,word,'!');
    ofstream fout;  
    fout.open("string.txt");
    if (!fout)
    {
              cerr<<"Error open file";
              exit(100);
    }
    fout<<word;
    cout<<endl<<endl;
    cout<<"Original word...."<<endl;
    cout<<word<<endl;    
    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("string.txt");    
    if (!fin)
    {
              cerr<<"Error open file";
              exit(100);
    }
    getline(fin,word);
    cout<<word;
    fin.close();
    srand(time(NULL));  
    do{
    cout<<"scrambling character(s)..."<<endl;
    cout<<endl<<endl;
    cout<<"Iteration #"<<no<<endl;
    no++;
    cout<<endl;    
    ofstream fin;
    fin.open("shuffle.txt");    
    if(!fin)
    {
            cerr<<"Invalid!";
            exit(100);
    }
    srand (time(NULL));
    randomWord=rand()%num;
    //strcpy(jumble,num[randomChoice]);
    num=strlen(sentence);
        for (i=0;sentence[i]!='\0';i++)// to scramble the word
        {                                
        j = rand() % num;
        temp      = sentence[i];
        sentence[i] = sentence[j];
        sentence[j] = temp;
        }
     cout<<sentence<<endl;
     fin.close();
     cout<<endl<<endl;
     cout<<"Reshuffle?(Y/N)"<<endl;
     cin>>ans; 
  
    }while(ans=='Y'||ans=='y');
    if(ans=='N'||ans=='n')
      {
      cout<<"Stop at iteration #"<<no-1<<endl;
      cout<<"Thank you"<<endl;
      }
    else
    cout<<"Wrong Input!"<<endl;
    
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

so, i just follow what u write it before right? using that random_shuffle but which part did i have to put it?

[iamthwee]

Here is some sample code which may be of use to you:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

  string line;
  cout << "Please insert the words that you want to scramble" << endl;
  getline ( cin, line, '\n' ); 
  string array[100];

  stringstream ss ( line );

  string word;
  string newLine = "";

  int i = 0;
  while ( ss >> word )
  {
    array[i] = word;
    i++;
  } 
  char ans;

  do
  {
    cout << "\nReshuffle (Y/N)" << endl;
    cin >> ans;

    srand ( unsigned ( time ( NULL ) ) );
    random_shuffle ( array, array + i );

    //print shuffled sentence
    cout << "\n";
    for ( int j = 0 ; j < i; j++ )
    {
      cout << array[j] << " ";
    }
  }while ( ans != 'N' ); 
  system ( "PAUSE" );
  return 0;
}

You might not be able to use stringstreams to separate your sentence into bits...

output

Begin file creation
Please insert the words that you want to scramble
HELLO, I AM A FOOL!

RESHUFFLE (Y/N)
Y

A FOOL! HELLO, I AM
RESHUFFLE (Y/N)
Y

I AM FOOL! A HELLO,
RESHUFFLE (Y/N)
Y

A HELLO, AM I FOOL!
RESHUFFLE (Y/N)
Y

I FOOL! HELLO, A AM
RESHUFFLE (Y/N)
Y

AM I FOOL! HELLO, A
RESHUFFLE (Y/N)