Re: How to read a 8-bit grayscale JPEG image using C++?

From:
"BobR" <removeBadBobR@worldnet.att.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:08:24 GMT
Message-ID:
<cpQni.334391$p47.7480@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
red floyd <no.spam@here.dude> wrote in message...

Oh, come on, Bob, let's do it right and really confusing! Plus, you
forgot "int main()"!!!


I didn't forget "int main()", I forgot to label (and note the 'return'):
{ // main or function
}

#include <istream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ostream>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <cstdlib>

int main(){
     std::ifstream PicIn( "MyPic.jpg",
               std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary );
     if( ! PicIn ){
          std::cerr<<"\n FAILED"<<std::endl;
          return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     std::vector<unsigned char> Image;

     std::copy(
          std::istreambuf_iterator<unsigned char>(PicIn.rdbuf()),
          std::istreambuf_iterator<unsigned char>(),
          std::back_inserter(Image));


Does not work on GCC(MinGW)3.3.1. This does:

std::vector<unsigned char> Image;
std::copy(
       std::istreambuf_iterator<char>( PicIn.rdbuf() ),
       std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(),
       std::back_inserter( Image ) );

// '.rdbuf()' gets stuck in 'char' mode (no 'unsigned char'
overload/template).

     PicIn.close();
     std::cout<<"\n Image.size() = "
               <<Image.size()<<" bytes."<<std::endl;
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}


Kai-Uwe Bux: Your example does not compile for me.
It slices off the '.at()' and '.size()' of the std::vector (and who knows
what else)! Seems to store the iterators, not 'char's.

std::vector<char> Image(
    std::istreambuf_iterator<char>( PicIn ),
    std::istreambuf_iterator<char>() ); // the ( ...() ) fails here

std::cout<<"\n Image.size() = "
           <<Image.size()<<" bytes."<<std::endl; // line 1972
/*
TestBench.cpp:1972: error: request for member `size' in `
   Image(std::istreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> >,
   std::istreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> > (*)())', which is
of
   non-aggregate type `std::vector<char, std::allocator<char> >
   ()(std::istreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> >,
   std::istreambuf_iterator<char, std::char_traits<char> > (*)())'
*/
[ Do note the older compiler version. Bug? ]
I tried many variations.
Which compiler did you use?

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