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Hey everyone. I really need some help with my code for class. Here is the prompt :

Write a program to manage a dictionary. The dictionary should be stored on a text file named diction.txt and consist of an alphabatized list of words, one per line. When a user enters a word, scan the dictionary looking for the word. If the word is in the dictionary, say so. If not, display the dictionary word immediately preceding and immediately following so the user can see words that are close in spelling. Then ask if the user wants to answer another word, if the answer is yes, go back to the above steps. If no, terminate the program.

I would really appreciate any help that anyone can give me on this lab.

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Member Avatar for Eagletalon

Hi amber... No-one is going to do your homework for you... show us you tried and we will assist where you get stuck... post some code or give errors or problems dont ask us to do everything

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The first thing you need to do is create that text file, unless your teacher gave you one. If you google around for dictionary text files you may be able to find one.

After that, write your program one small step at a time. you know that you have to ask the user for a word, so start out your program with just that informaton. Compile and get it working before moving on gto the next part of the assignment.

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Here is one of several text dictionaries

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sorry here is my attempt, the only problem is that for some reason I can never open the file dictiona.txt ( which is actually a txt item in my "source files" folder.So I can't even see if my program is working correctly.

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1138\cocoasubrtf230
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10800\viewh8400\viewkind0
\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural

\f0\fs24 \cf0 \
\
\
#include <iostream>\
#include <string>\
#include <fstream>\
#include <cstdlib>\
using namespace std;\
\
\
#define dic "dictiona.txt"\
\
ifstream dictionary("dictiona.txt");\
\
\
int main()\
\{	\
	ifstream ins;\
	string current_word;\
	string user_word;\
	string line;\
	string word_before;\
	string word_after;\
	string answer;\
	string yes;\
	string no;\
\
\
	cout <<" Would you like to search the dictionary for a word? " ;\
	cin >> answer;\
\
\
	do\
	\{\
\
		cout << "Enter the word you wish to search in the Dictionary: " ;\
		cin >> user_word;\
\
		ins.open(dic);\
	\
		if(ins.fail ())\
	\
		\{	cerr << "*** ERROR: Cannot open " << dic << " for input. " << endl;\
			return EXIT_FAILURE;\
		\}\
\
\
		while(getline(dictionary, current_word) && !ins.eof() && ins.ignore(30, '\\n') )\
		\{\
	\
		/*\{\
			ins.ignore(25, '\\n');\
			getline(ins,current_word);\
		\} */\
		\
		\
			if(user_word==current_word)\
			\{ cout << current_word << endl; \}\
\
			dictionary.close();\
			cout << "sorry the word was not found in the dictionary" ;\
		\}\
\
			ins.open(dic);\
\
			while(user_word != current_word)\
		\
			\{\
				if ( word_before < user_word && user_word < word_after ) \
	\
				cout << word_before << "is the word preceding the entered word." << endl;\
				cout << word_after << "is the word following the entered word." << endl;\
		\
				return 0;\
			\}\
\
\
	\
	\} while ( answer == yes );\
	\
	\
			if (answer == yes ) \
			\{word_before = word_after;\
			word_after = user_word;\}\
\
			else\
			\{ return 0; \}\
\
		return 0;\
\
	\} \
	\
\
	/*	\{\
		string answer;\
		string yes;\
\
		cout << "Would you like to enter another word? " << endl;\
		cin >> answer;\
	\}\
*/\
	/*if ( answer == yes )\
			\
			word_before = word_after;\
			word_after = user_word;\
\
			return \
\
		else \
		*/\
}
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