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Question(C++). Please write a C++ code, it will generate a conversation between Hans and Beatrice by randomly selecting phrases and sentences from files, then altering them before output

The code will start the conversation between Hans and Beatrice by having Hans say "hello" (it's him who makes the call). This is to be followed alternately by Beatrice and then Hans saying something. Each thing they say will be chosen at random from their respective files, HansSayings.dat and BeatriceSayings.dat. But before each saying is displayed to the screen, they are to be altered by the code in the following manner. Some words need to be "sanitized" for the general public (you never know, this could become a TV show!). Each "bad" word is to be replaced with a "good" word. Here's how they are to be replaced:

idiot - > mean person
dammit - > darn it
shOt - > poop
crOp - > poopie
daOn - > hoot

The entire “sanitized-version” of the conversation should be written to an output file “Conversation.dat”

Details:
1. Each of the sayings files is formatted with the first line containing an integer indicating how many sayings there are in the file, and the remaining lines each have a saying of at most 256 chars.

2. If the "bad" word begins with an uppercase letter in the saying, then the "good" word it is replaced with must also begin with an uppercase letter in the saying.

3. The telephone conversation ends when 20 rounds (NOT individual utterances) of Beatrice and Hans saying something have been completed.

4. At the end of the conversation, Beatrice and Hans should say 'goodbye' to each other, (i.e., it was over because 20 rounds of the telephone conversation finished).

Here is the input file about the sayings of the two people:

Hans.dat

25
Mother, why are you such an idiot?
You know, I remember when you tried to drown me in the bathtub when I was 22!
Do you need me to donate blood for you again?
idiot, idiot, idiot!
Dammit, mother! Why do you keep bringing that up?
Mother, Butterscotch has been dead for years.
Oh, that's just a bunch of crOp!
You're full of shOt!
Do you need your teeth filed? Your tongue has certainly gotten sharp!
You know, I might call you more often if you'd say nice things to me!
Nag, nag, nag!
Oh, geez. Give it a rest!
Dammit, don't you have anything nice to say?
Have you been drinking?
Why can't you be proud of my acting career?
I don't mean to be indelicate, but when was the last time you were de-wormed?
Are you taking your medications?
You know, eating hay might help keep your regular.
Did the glue factory people stop calling you?
Saying things like that hurts my feelings...

Beatrice.dat

30
Oh, big stud! Always running around to gallivant with your fillies!
Remember, don't sit too close to the TV, it will make you cruel!
You know, I was beautiful before I had you.
I'm sorry, did you need a compliment?
Oh, this letter I have? It's from the government saying I'm proud of you!
Oh no, what I'm holding is nothing.
Well, look who finally decided to pick up the phone.
The t-shirt told me to 'Just Do It.' I don't know what 'it' refers to!
I will not be spoken to in that tone by an article of clothing!
You don't know how lucky you are to have me!
You can fill your life with projects, books, movies and your little girlfriends, but it won't make you whole.
You're an idiot, there's no cure for that!
When are you going to come visit me? And bring me some carrot cake.
You could be thin. Just go easy on the sweets, and when you go somewhere, don't walk, gallop!
You know, nobody gives a daOn what you feel!
Don't believe all that crOp all your big Hollywood agents tell you.
You know, I remember when your father Butterscotch first saw you after you were born -- he thought you'd have a racing career.
You're just like your father.
This rest home is a shOt hole. Don't forget that I was heiress to the Sugarman Sugar Cube fortune and I'm accustomed to a certain lifestyle.
I forget, did I have another child besides you? Or was that just a wish?
So did that vending machine I bought you work out? Or did you wash down every carrot with beer?
Why doesn't Butterscotch come visit me?
Are you still hanging around with those same loser friends of yours?
You're so lucky to have had me as your mother. My own mother was never the same after her lobotomy...
I remember when you thought you'd try playing football. You didn't have the haunches for it.
I should have married Corbin Creamerman instead of your father. How my life would have been different...
Everything they serve here at the nursing home tastes like moldy hay.
Are you playing a video game right now?
You know, my parents never let me eat ice cream. They only let me have sugar coated lemon wedges.
Are you still playing with sea horses?
Have you ever even watched my TV show?
Don't make fun of my seahorses!
It's not like when I was a child and had sea monkeys...
You know, I am not a LOSER! I played Secretariat!!!
No, I don't sound like Mr. Ed! He WAS a LOSER!

Answer 1

Please find the requested program and the sample input files I have used for testing. Also attaching the screenshot of the output and the screenshot of the partial code to understand the code intendation.

Please provide your feedback

Thanks and Happy learning!

Output:

#include<vector>
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <ctype.h>

//Function which reads an input file line by line and stores
//each line in a vector and return the vector
void  ReadInputFromFile(std::string strFilename, int& lineCount, std::vector<std::string>& outVector)
{
    std::vector<std::string> lines;
    std::ifstream inFile;
    inFile.open(strFilename, std::ifstream::in);

    //Check if input file is opened successfully
    if (inFile.is_open())
    {
        std::string strLine;
        bool bFirstLine = true;
        //Read each line from input file one after another
        while (std::getline(inFile, strLine))
        {
            if (bFirstLine)
            {
                std::stringstream ss;
                ss << strLine;
                ss >> lineCount;
                bFirstLine = false;
            }
            outVector.push_back(strLine);
        }

        //Close the file
        inFile.close();
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "ERROR: Could not open file :" << strFilename << std::endl;
    }
}

void writeToOutFile(const std::string& strFileName, const std::vector<std::string>& dialoguesToBeWritten)
{
    std::ofstream outFile;
    outFile.open(strFileName, std::ifstream::out);
    //Check if input and output files are opened successfully
    if (outFile.is_open())
    {
        //Write the result to the output file
        for (int i = 0; i < dialoguesToBeWritten.size(); i++)
        {
            outFile << dialoguesToBeWritten[i] << std::endl;
        }

        outFile.close();
        std::cout << "Output file has been written successfully to the current working directory." << std::endl;
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "ERROR: Could not open file :" << strFileName << std::endl;
    }
}

void SanitizeDialogue(std::string& strCurrentDialogue, const std::string& badWord, std::string goodWord)
{
    std::size_t foundPos = strCurrentDialogue.find(badWord);
    while (foundPos != std::string::npos)
    {
        //If the "bad" word begins with an uppercase letter in the saying, then the "good" 
        //word it is replaced with must also begin with an uppercase letter in the saying.
        if (isupper(badWord[0]))
        {
            toupper(goodWord[0]);
        }
        strCurrentDialogue.replace(foundPos, badWord.length(), goodWord);

        foundPos = strCurrentDialogue.find(badWord);
    }
}

void Sanitize(std::string& strCurrentDialogue)
{
    //Each "bad" word is to be replaced with a "good" word.
    //Here's how they are to be replaced:
    //
    // idiot - > mean person
    // dammit - > darn it
    // shOt - > poop
    // crOp - > poopie
    // daOn - > hoot
    std::string strBadWord = "idiot";
    std::string strGoodWord = "mean person";
    SanitizeDialogue(strCurrentDialogue, strBadWord, strGoodWord);

    strBadWord = "dammit";
    strGoodWord = "darn it";
    SanitizeDialogue(strCurrentDialogue, strBadWord, strGoodWord);

    strBadWord = "shOt";
    strGoodWord = "poop";
    SanitizeDialogue(strCurrentDialogue, strBadWord, strGoodWord);

    strBadWord = "crOp";
    strGoodWord = "poopie";
    SanitizeDialogue(strCurrentDialogue, strBadWord, strGoodWord);

    strBadWord = "daOn";
    strGoodWord = "hoot";
    SanitizeDialogue(strCurrentDialogue, strBadWord, strGoodWord);
}


int main()
{
    int dialogueCount_Hans;
    std::vector<std::string> HansDialogues;

    ReadInputFromFile("Hans.dat", dialogueCount_Hans, HansDialogues);

    int dialogueCount_Beatrice;
    std::vector<std::string> BeatriceDialogues;

    ReadInputFromFile("Beatrice.dat", dialogueCount_Beatrice, BeatriceDialogues);

    std::vector<std::string> SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile;

    std::cout << "Hans> Hello" << std::endl;
    SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile.push_back("Hans> Hello");

    int maxDialogueCount = 20;
    int currentDialogueCount = 0;
    
    //A flag to decide whom should speak next
    bool bHansTurn = false;

    //initialize random seed
    srand(time(NULL));

    std::string strCurrentDialogue;
    std::string strPrompt;
    while (currentDialogueCount < maxDialogueCount)
    {
        if (bHansTurn)
        {
            bHansTurn = false;
            //Generate a random number to select a random dialoge from the Hans dialogue list.
            //Generate random number between 0 and dialogueCount_Hans - 1
            int iRandomIndex = rand() % (dialogueCount_Hans - 1);

            strCurrentDialogue = HansDialogues[iRandomIndex];

            Sanitize(strCurrentDialogue);
            strPrompt = "Hans> ";
        }
        else
        {
            bHansTurn = true;
            //Generate a random number to select a random dialoge from the Beatrice dialogue list.
            //Generate random number between 0 and dialogueCount_Beatrice - 1
            int iRandomIndex = rand() % (dialogueCount_Beatrice - 1);

            strCurrentDialogue = BeatriceDialogues[iRandomIndex];

            Sanitize(strCurrentDialogue);
            strPrompt = "Beatrice> ";
        }

        //Print the sanitized dialogue to the screen
        strCurrentDialogue = strPrompt + strCurrentDialogue;
        std::cout << strCurrentDialogue << std::endl;

        //Increment the dialogue count
        ++currentDialogueCount;

        SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile.push_back(strCurrentDialogue);       
    }

    std::cout << "Hans> goodbye" << std::endl;
    SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile.push_back("Hans> goodbye");

    std::cout << "Beatrice> goodbye" << std::endl;
    SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile.push_back("Beatrice> goodbye");

    writeToOutFile("Conversation.dat", SanitizedDialogueToBeWrittenToOutFile);

    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Hans.dat

25
Mother, why are you such an idiot?
You know, I remember when you tried to drown me in the bathtub when I was 22!
Do you need me to donate blood for you again?
idiot, idiot, idiot!
Dammit, mother! Why do you keep bringing that up?
Mother, Butterscotch has been dead for years.
Oh, that's just a bunch of crOp!
You're full of shOt!
Do you need your teeth filed? Your tongue has certainly gotten sharp!
You know, I might call you more often if you'd say nice things to me!
Nag, nag, nag!
Oh, geez. Give it a rest!
Dammit, don't you have anything nice to say?
Have you been drinking?
Why can't you be proud of my acting career?
I don't mean to be indelicate, but when was the last time you were de-wormed?
Are you taking your medications?
You know, eating hay might help keep your regular.
Did the glue factory people stop calling you?
Saying things like that hurts my feelings...
Oh, big stud! Always running around to gallivant with your fillies!
Remember, don't sit too close to the TV, it will make you cruel!
You know, I was beautiful before I had you.
I'm sorry, did you need a compliment?
Oh, this letter I have? It's from the government saying I'm proud of you!

Beatrice.dat

30
Oh no, what I'm holding is nothing.
Well, look who finally decided to pick up the phone.
The t-shirt told me to 'Just Do It.' I don't know what 'it' refers to!
I will not be spoken to in that tone by an article of clothing!
You don't know how lucky you are to have me!
You can fill your life with projects, books, movies and your little girlfriends, but it won't make you whole.
You're an idiot, there's no cure for that!
When are you going to come visit me? And bring me some carrot cake.
You could be thin. Just go easy on the sweets, and when you go somewhere, don't walk, gallop!
You know, nobody gives a daOn what you feel!
Don't believe all that crOp all your big Hollywood agents tell you.
You know, I remember when your father Butterscotch first saw you after you were born -- he thought you'd have a racing career.
You're just like your father.
This rest home is a shOt hole. Don't forget that I was heiress to the Sugarman Sugar Cube fortune and I'm accustomed to a certain lifestyle.
I forget, did I have another child besides you? Or was that just a wish?
So did that vending machine I bought you work out? Or did you wash down every carrot with beer?
Why doesn't Butterscotch come visit me?
Are you still hanging around with those same loser friends of yours?
You're so lucky to have had me as your mother. My own mother was never the same after her lobotomy...
I remember when you thought you'd try playing football. You didn't have the haunches for it.
I should have married Corbin Creamerman instead of your father. How my life would have been different...
Everything they serve here at the nursing home tastes like moldy hay.
Are you playing a video game right now?
You know, my parents never let me eat ice cream. They only let me have sugar coated lemon wedges.
Are you still playing with sea horses?
Have you ever even watched my TV show?
Don't make fun of my seahorses!
It's not like when I was a child and had sea monkeys...
You know, I am not a LOSER! I played Secretariat!!!
No, I don't sound like Mr. Ed! He WAS a LOSER!