From 65d881a78b604b89a8a41434ad5601cd789c6f46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kayla Foroughi <kaylaforoughi@ufl.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:23:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] reads the strings in file

---
 main.cpp | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 4ccc7e1..c65a0ca 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
     // Open file in binary input mode
@@ -10,14 +11,28 @@ int main() {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    // Read number of strings
     unsigned int num_strings;
-    // TODO: Read number of strings
-    // Hint: file.read((char *)&num_strings, sizeof(num_strings));
+    file.read((char *)&num_strings, sizeof(num_strings));
+    std::cout << "Number of strings: " << num_strings << std::endl;
 
-    // TODO: Add loop to:
-    // 1. Read string length
-    // 2. Read string characters
-    // 3. Print string
+    // Process each string
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < num_strings; i++) {
+        unsigned int str_len;
+
+        // Read length of string (including null terminator)
+        file.read((char *)&str_len, sizeof(str_len));
+
+        // Create buffer and read string
+        char* buffer = new char[str_len];
+        file.read(buffer, str_len);
+
+        // Print string (stop at null terminator)
+        std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
+
+        // Clean up
+        delete[] buffer;
+    }
 
     file.close();
     return 0;