Re: Save a vector inside a structure.
"Jensen Somers" <usenet@jsomers.be> wrote in message
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Hello,
Is it possible to save a vector inside a structure to a file?
Let's say I have the following piece of code:
struct SaveData
{
int first,
int last,
std::vector<int> order;
};
If I write the structure to a binary file and read it out again the data
which should be in the vector is totally corrupt (other variables are
fine). At this moment I should be able to define a fixed size for that
vector (but I have no idea if that will work), but in the future the size
of the vector will change and I don't want this to be fixed.
I also need to be able to store the entire SaveData structure, looping
through the vector and saving each value one by one is not an option as I
also need to be able to save on some EEPROM and as far as I understand
that I'm only able to use entire structures.
I haven't found a lot of information regarding this subject so if anyone
has any ideas or suggestions, please enlighten me.
You need to serialize it. It's called serialization.
I'd point you to the C++ faq but for some mysterious reason I'm getting a
404 error O.o
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