Read a text file looking for string located between two text markers
#include <fstream>
string extracted_string;
std::string next_line;
size_t find_result;
bool found_start = false;
extracted_string = "";
//We open the file and look for the ascii text between a start marker and end marker and return the first found.
//----- OPEN THE FILE -----
std::ifstream ifstream1(EventsFilePath.c_str());
if (ifstream1.is_open())
{
while (getline(ifstream1, next_line))
{
//----- GET NEXT LINE -----
if (found_start)
{
extracted_string += next_line;
}
else
{
if ((find_result = next_line.find("[EVENT_START_YqzlQ2W4GOrkWr4qH]")) != string::npos)
{
//----- START MARKER FOUND -----
cout << "Starts at " << find_result << endl;
found_start = true;
extracted_string = next_line.substr((find_result + 31), string::npos);
}
}
if (found_start)
{
if ((find_result = extracted_string.find("[EVENT_END_YqzlQ2W4GOrkWr4qH]")) != string::npos)
{
//----- END MARKER FOUND -----
cout << "End at " << find_result << endl;
//extracted_string = extracted_string.substr(0, extracted_string.find("[EVENT_END_YqzlQ2W4GOrkWr4qH]"));
extracted_string = extracted_string.substr(0, find_result);
break;
}
}
}
ifstream1.close();
}
cout << "Extracted string: " << extracted_string << endl;
return(extracted_string);
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