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[DJ]

subString2 = originalString.substr((commaIndex + 2), 100);

Remove that 100, so it only reads till the end of the string.

[Nadaka]

My takehome is a little over $110 a day... if I count weekends and don't count benefits or taxes. Its closer to $250 a work day total if I account for vacation time, taxes, etc. And that's a little low for someone 4-5 years into this career, but I have a lower cost of living than programmers in bigger cities.

Its a solidly middle class career if you don't let it burn you out.

[Mego]

subString2 = originalString.substr((commaIndex + 2), 100);

Remove that 100, so it only reads till the end of the string.

That's not an issue. If the second argument of substr is greater than the remaining length of the string, it reads until the end and then stops. The issue comes from the fact that commaIndex is never checked to be a valid value. Which it can be, since you need to be using getline to get strings from streams, rather than the extraction operator, which will only pull one character out.

Code: [Select]

#include<string>
#include<fstream>
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

void sortNames(ifstream& names);

int main()
{
ifstream namesIn;

namesIn.open("Ch8_Ex9Data.txt");

if (namesIn)
sortNames(namesIn);
else
{
cout << "Please ensure the file is in the same directory as this program, and then run the program again." << endl;
namesIn.close();
system("pause");
return 0;
}
namesIn.close();
return 0;
}
void sortNames(ifstream& names)
{
int commaIndex;
string subString1;
string subString2;
string originalString;
string newString;

while(names)
{
getline(names, originalString);
commaIndex = originalString.find(',');
                if(commaIndex == string::npos) continue;
subString1 = originalString.substr(0, (commaIndex - 1));
subString2 = originalString.substr((commaIndex + 2), 100);
newString = subString2 + " " + subString1;
cout << newString << endl;
}
}


[armeggedonCounselor]

Ah ha.

Thanks, Mego.

Fakedit: Yup, that worked. Thanks.

[timotheus]

I've been doing web app development for a while, but I finally got around to doing more 'serious' programming, in the form of my command-line based logging system. It is written in Python, and uses Amazon's SimpleDB for content storage. Store your logs in the cloud! Why.. I'm not sure but it's cool that it works! Supports tagging, searches, date ranges, etc.

I use it for my daily list of things i accomplish, code things to remember, etc.

Writing a program that has option flags makes me feel like a real greybeard, and I like it.

I posted about it here: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=106619.0 If you've already seen it, my apologies.

Was hoping to get some fellow programmers to check out the code on github and share their thoughts.

What I learned: Working with Amazon's AWS API's is pretty easy with boto, the Python package.

[Muz]

Yeah, looking around vWorker.com, the prices are all over the scale, but based on my pay rate of $110 a day (before tax) which is pretty much bottom dollar for a legitimate American programmer, I wouldn't even waste my time on most of this stuff.

Lol, I only get about 5 times less of that right now to make one mobile phone site every 2 weeks. With a raise to around 3 times less than your pay if I do well. Maybe about equivalent to your pay after 4 years of experience.

This vWorker thing sounds like a good way to get rich.

[malloc]

This vWorker thing sounds like a good way to get rich.

No.. Just no.


Honestly, all these freelancer sites are fundamentally broken. The problem is that. Unless you are willing to work for about 4-5$/hour you are not going to get a lot of work, as you will most likely be outbid by some Chinese or Indian who is willing to work for even less.

You get rich by a mixture of doing something people are willing to spend money on, and simply being very lucky.

[Muz]

This vWorker thing sounds like a good way to get rich.

No.. Just no.


Honestly, all these freelancer sites are fundamentally broken. The problem is that. Unless you are willing to work for about 4-5$/hour you are not going to get a lot of work, as you will most likely be outbid by some Chinese or Indian who is willing to work for even less.

You get rich by a mixture of doing something people are willing to spend money on, and simply being very lucky.

Well, yeah, that's the point. 4-5 an hour is quite a good wage where I come from. But yeah, I hate freelancing. If I wanted to freelance, I'd go the Toady route. Heck, if I could make even half as much as Toady does, it'd be the equivalent of the wage a COO of a medium sized company gets around here.

[Valid_Dark]

>_<
if you don't mind me asking, what country do you live in?

[Mego]

Registered for Google Code Jam. It looks a lot like the high school competitions I've been going to and winning since the beginning of this year, only with *much* harder competition.

Bring it on.

[Siquo]

Thanks for the reminder, so did I.
I never competed in anything like this before (save that one time in 2001 where we did a chess-robot-arm in ANSI C, our version managed to circumvent the safety routines and actually smashed the chessboard), so I'm ready to have my ego crushed.

[Mego]

My goal is to get to Round 2. It's high enough to give me something to reach for, but low enough that I might actually reach it.

On Friday, may the odds be ever in your favor.

[Siquo]

As with you, good luck!

The qualification round of last year, which I did for fun, giggles and practice, was easy enough. I should at least be able to make it that far

[Muz]

>_<
if you don't mind me asking, what country do you live in?

Malaysia, similar economy to India I suppose But seems like my company's been fairly generous with the bonuses recently so it makes up for low base wage.

[Nadaka]

>_<
if you don't mind me asking, what country do you live in?

Malaysia, similar economy to India I suppose But seems like my company's been fairly generous with the bonuses recently so it makes up for low base wage.

Cost of living makes a world of difference. On my current salary, there is no way I could live comfortably in San Francisco or New York City. In this part of Florida, I am doing pretty well. In India or Malaysia I would be rich.