/* Series Generator
generates a string with a numeric series in the middle,
like foo01.gif foo02.gif .... foo99.gif
programs output may be redirected as its input
allowing the creation of very complex series
like /year1981/foo01.gif .... /year2002/foo90.gif
useful in creating download lists
Alaa The Great
- /1/2002
using namespace std;
void generate(int start, int end, int pad, char *postfix, string prefix ) ;
/* program should have at least 4 arguments
1-first and 2-last values of the series
3-number of digits (needed to pad leading zeros)
4-string after the series
any arguments that follows will be assumed to be
a string to generate a series for (string at the begining of the series)
if only 4 arguments are given the program asks for input of string
to put in the begining of the series (terminates when EOF is enetered) */
int main( int argc, char *argv[]) {
int start, end, pad;
char *postfix;
char a;
string prefix;
prefix="";
if (argc<5) {
cout<<endl<<"need more arguments"<<endl;
return 1;
}
if (argc==5) {
do {
a=cin.get();
if (a=='\n'||a==EOF&&prefix!="") {
generate(start,end,pad,postfix,prefix);
prefix="";
}
if (a!='\n'&&a!=EOF) prefix=prefix+a;
} while (a!=EOF);
}
else {
for (int i=5; i<argc; i++)
}
return 0;
}
void generate(int start, int end, int pad, char *postfix, string prefix) {
for (int count=start; count<=end; count++) {
cout<<prefix;
if (count!=0) for(int k=pad; pow(10.0,(k-1))>count; k--) cout<<0;
else for (int k=pad; k>1; k--) cout<<0;
cout<<count<<postfix<<endl;
}
}
