Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue 2 (C++)

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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
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Activity status
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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
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Start in tasks/c++/medium/text_file_parser/TextFileParser.cpp, and read the issue's requirements and example. The program should open input.txt from the working directory, lowercase words, skip a stop-word list, count frequencies, and sort by count. Build with g++ -o TextFileParser TextFileParser.cpp from that directory, then run ./TextFileParser. It is done when the example input prints the listed words with their counts, most frequent first. The issue does not say how ties should be ordered, so pick a rule and state it in the pull request.

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Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue 2 (C++)

Implement a Basic Text File Parser

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Navigate to the tasks/c++/medium/text_file_parser directory from the root of your project.
Open the TextFileParser.cpp file and start implementing your solution!

cpp-medium-text-file-parser

Description:

Create a C++ program that reads a text file and counts the frequency of each word in the file. The program should then output each word along with its corresponding count to the console, sorted by the most frequent words first.

Requirements:
  • Read a file named input.txt.
  • Ignore case (e.g., "The" and "the" are considered the same word).
  • Exclude common English stop words (e.g., "the", "is", "at", "which", "on").
  • Use standard C++ libraries only.
Example:

Given input.txt:

Hello world!
The world is a beautiful place.
The weather is wonderful.

Output should be:

world - 2
beautiful - 1
place - 1
weather - 1
wonderful - 1
hello - 1
Compiling and Running:

To test the program you have to first make sure you are in the right directory:

cd tasks/c++/medium/text_file_parser

Then compile the files:

g++ -o TextFileParser TextFileParser.cpp

Then you can run the compiled program by running:

./TextFileParser

If the program works as requested in the task, you are ready to make a pull request!

To work with this issue, you need to have C++ installed to your local machine.
Check out README.md for more instructions of installing C++ and how to make a pull request.

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