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Won't print correct format

Hello, there are 2 problems with my display to user:

1. When I exit the program, it writes to a file called records.txt. This is what saves the first time I run the program:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lilyllam/C++/records_1st_time.txt. This is what saves the second time: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lilyllam/C++/records_2nd_time.txt.
Notice there are extra newlines and $ sign:

John Smith
<---------------- extra line
134 Street
AAA, BB$
$ <---------------- extra $ sign
374-5748
<---------------- extra line
1983
Jane Doe
57-4738 Star
USA$
385-7483
1956

because of the extra lines, when I call the printAllRecords(), the formating is very off :(

-and-

2. debug is a global variable that holds the following: 0 = no debug mode, 1 = debug mode. debug mode simply prints a message to the user stating what the
function is currently doing, and other debugging output, etc. Below is my printDebugMessage that will display only if (debug == 1):

void llist::printDebugMessage(char *msg)
{
if ( debug == 1 )
{
cout << "\n\n*********************************\n"
" DEBUG MODE ON \n"
"*********************************\n\n";
cout << msg << endl;
}
} // END printDebugMessage()

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Full Source Code here: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lilyllam/C++/

Thank you!

Dariuzk

Hi,
> if(line[strlen(line) - 2] == '$')
> {
> temp -> address[strlen(temp -> address) - 2] = 0; //remove the $ and the 'newline', too
> break;
> }
you remove only $ signe here!
string is array of char, by = you asign 1 char it mast be '\0'!
or you can write strcpy(temp -> address, "");

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luna621

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Thank you nonubik!! That did the trick. But, I still can't figure out why my debug message isn't displaying. Maybe I have to pass the debug as a parameter?

luna621

ASKER

Updated code: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lilyllam/C++/

I'm currently trying to get the debug message to work.

luna621

ASKER

I tried printing the debug value in the llist.cpp's printAllRecords(), and the value was -85782795. Somehow, it's not getting the value from the main()...

luna621

ASKER

Ok, nevermind. I fixed it. Seems like I made the setDebug(), but never used it?!! Now it works wonderfully :D

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