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I'm trying to read a file into a tree which holds words only. The tree places these words in dictionary order through out the tree.

When reading in a file I want to use all non letter characters as delimiters for the strtok function to use as such:

char delim[] = " \n\t`~1!2@3#4$5%6^7&8*9(0)-_=+[{]}\|;:'\",<.>/?";
char *token;

if((token = strtok(buff, delim))!=0)
strlwr(token);
insertWord(token);

My questions are:

1. Am I declaring white space properly in delim[], it's the first char I define by simply pressing the space bar.

2. Since I don't want any leading white space before words do I need a stripper routine to eliminate spaces, shouldn't the above routine do the trick for that?

3. As it stands now, the reading of the file into the tree works ok, but I notice it is missing some words. I feel it may be due to the way I've declared a carriage return in delim []. Has it been declared correctly (\n) and do you notice any character I'm forgetting in delim[]?

Thanks!

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John500

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Hey sganta,

The new delim[] you gave me cleared up a lot of problems. When I stepped through the file, line by line, to see if all the words are being added, I noticed that a few different words get into the tree but not in the order I expected. One word in particular is "initialize." I tried to insert a little code to see what the count is of that word but its not working. Any suggestions on the routine below. I am sure that the counter is working properly because I've printed all the counts out but I want a routine where I can choose certain words - less work on the eyes during the printout.

char initialize;
char *q = &initialize;
if(strcmp(p->_word,q)==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}

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nietod

char *q ="initialize";
if(strcmp(p->_word,q)==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}

or

if(strcmp(p->_word,"initialize")==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}

sganta

Hai John !

I 've seen your comment, But one thing I did'nt understand what you are doing here
char initialize; /* What is the value you are assigning to initialize */
char *q = &initialize; /* Here you are assigning the initialize, but where is the value
of q which is not assigned */
if(strcmp(p->_word,q)==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}

------- If you want to compare with "initialize" word then do the following code.
char *q = "initialize";
if(strcmp(p->_word,q)==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}

If not , Can you explain me what exactly you want ?, with the code example written by you.
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I hope I will be able to help you. Thank you.
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sganta

Hai John !
That's what I have mentioned in my earlier comment
char *q = "initialize";
if(strcmp(p->_word,q)==0)
{cout<<p->_word<<" "<<p->_count<<"\n";
return;}