write files to header files?
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i have this file that contains ascii characters not viewable by text editors and i need to use it in my project. instead of reading from the file, could i include it as a header?
write an array like my_file[] = {type out the data};
problem is, what would the "type out the data" part look like?
thanks in advance
What does the data represent?
If it is a constant, then you could use a tool to transform it into a file which can be included into your project (it should be quite easy to write such a tool). If it is not conceptually constant, read the data at runtime.
If it is a constant, then you could use a tool to transform it into a file which can be included into your project (it should be quite easy to write such a tool). If it is not conceptually constant, read the data at runtime.
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it is constant always
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i figured it out. found a tool called bin2h which converts the file to header which was exactly what i needed
thanks again
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i figured it out. found a tool called bin2h which converts the file to header which was exactly what i needed
thanks again
You can include non-printable characters in a character array in a few different ways. First you can use escape sequences:
Alternately, you can use integral values to initialize the array rather than a string literal:
const char data[] = "\x54"; const char data[] = "\124"; // same stringAlternately, you can use integral values to initialize the array rather than a string literal:
const char data[] = { 0x54, 0x00 };
I used a technique to "include" a sound file in a game I made, which I wanted to be completely independent of external files. What I did was to write a program that converted the file (in my case an ogg-file) to a header that declared a char array. The char array is filled with numbers instead of characters, so non-visible characters is not a problem.
Here is the code for the program:
It's just something that I hacked together quickly, but it worked fine for my purposes. Perhaps it might be of some use for you too.
Here is the code for the program:
#include <iostream>#include <fstream>#include <algorithm>#include <string>using namespace std;int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ if(argc > 1) { string outfile(argv[1]); outfile = outfile.substr(0, outfile.rfind('.')); ifstream input(argv[1], ios::binary); ofstream output((outfile + ".h").c_str(), ios::binary); if(input.is_open() && output.is_open()) { string header = outfile; transform(header.begin(), header.end(), header.begin(), ::toupper); output << "#ifndef " << header << endl; output << "#define " << header << endl; output << "const char " << outfile << "[] = \{"; char c; input.get(c); output << static_cast<int>(c); while(input.get(c)) { output.put(','); output << static_cast<int>(c); } output << "};\n#endif" << endl; } } else { cout << "Usage: ogg2h inputfile" << endl; }}It's just something that I hacked together quickly, but it worked fine for my purposes. Perhaps it might be of some use for you too.
I made a tool to do this. You can embed as many files as you like in a program and access them through an iterator or istream interface.
Check it out.
I don't recommend embedding loads of stuff in there, but it's useful for icons and things like that.
Check it out.
I don't recommend embedding loads of stuff in there, but it's useful for icons and things like that.
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