Histogram help
Can Someone help me with a histogram that gets its values from an array in an input file.
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
const int ARRAY_SIZE = 1000;
int get_array_values(int[], const int, ifstream&)
int main()
{
string filename;
system("cls");
system("pause");
ifstream ifile;
while (!ifile.is_open())
{
system("cls");
cout << endl << endl;
cout << endl << endl;
cout << " Please enter the name of the input file" << endl
<< " in which the list of numbers is found." << endl;
cout << " ";
getline(cin, filename);
ifile.open(filename += ".txt");
if (!ifile.is_open())
{
cout << endl << endl;
cout << " ";
cout << filename << " did not open." << endl;
cout << endl << endl;
system("pause");
}
}
int array1[ARRAY_SIZE];
int number_of_values = get_array_values(array1, ARRAY_SIZE, ifile);
for (int i = 0; i < number_of_values; ++i)
{
for (int m = 0; m < array1[m]; m++)
{
cout << "*";
}
cout << endl;
}
int get_array_values(int array1[], const int ARRAY_SIZE, ifstream& ifile)
{
int size;
ifile >> size;
cout << endl << "Size = " << size << endl;
if (size > ARRAY_SIZE)
{
cout << endl << endl;
cout << "This is an invalid input File." << endl;
cout << "size was bigger than " << ARRAY_SIZE << endl;
exit(2);
}
for (int l = 0; l < size; l++)
{
ifile >> array1[l];
if (ifile.eof())
{
cout << endl << endl;
cout << "This is an invalid input File." << endl;
cout << "The size was larger than " << l << endl;
exit(3);
}
}
return size;
}
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The current output looks like getting the amount values correct but the amount of * for each value only comes from the first value in the array
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*****
*****
*****
*****
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But I want it to look like
In other words if i have an input file with the values of 5,2,1,4,3 it outputs
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
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instead of
which is what i want it to do
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