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Quickly Learn To Search And Count Words From A Text File In Modern C++

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C++ Builder is easy to operate on files on Windows. There are many methods to operate on files. Some of these methods are explained well in Windows File Operations in Modern C++.

In this post we create a snippet to search and count a text from a text file.

Now let’s use this in an example

C++ Console Application VCL Example

  1. Create a new C++ Builder Console VCL application, save all project and unit files to a folder. And modify code lines as below;

2. Hit F9 to run with debugging on Console

C++ Console Application FMX Example

  1. Create a new C++ Builder Console FMX application, save all project and unit files to a folder. And modify code lines as below;

2. Hit F9 to run with debugging on Console

This method can be used to modify (replace) text files too. To do this, you need to open another file to write new modified and unmodified lines in order.

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Dr. Yilmaz Yoru has 35+ years of coding with more than 30+ programming languages, mostly C++ on Windows, Android, Mac-OS, iOS, Linux, and some other operating systems. He graduated and received his MSc and PhD degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Eskisehir Osmangazi University. He is the founder and CEO of ESENJA LLC Company. His interests are Programming, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Artificial Intelligence, 2D & 3D Designs, and high-end innovations.
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