I'm trying tocreate a marketplace simulation that puts item data into a struct and then matches and deletes those matches based on:

1. Name matches - Makes sure it is the same object. (i.e. "Chicken")

2. Type matches - (i.e. "Wanted" goes with "For Sale")

3. Price Matches ("For Sale" price is less than or equal to "Wanted" price)

Within "garageSale.txt" are lines of data such as:

bike,for sale,100 bike,for sale,50 bike,wanted,60 microwave,wanted,40 bike,for sale,200 microwave,for sale,50 dresser,for sale,500 chicken,for sale,10

I've successfully split apart this data and stored into struct item, I just need help with the for loop that actually matches them, not too sure what to do.

Here is my code right now (C++):

struct item { string type; bool status; int price; };

void read_input(string f_path) { struct item itemArray[100]; string input_line; ifstream f(f_path); int x = 0; if (f.is_open()) { cout << "Reading lines from " << f_path << "..." << endl;

while (getline(f, input_line)) { stringstream ss(input_line); string token; int i = 0;

while (getline(ss, token, ',')) {

/* for loop that runs through what's already in the array, checking for matches and deletes matching elements.

for (i = 0; i < x; i++) {

}*/

if (i == 0) itemArray[x].type = token; if (i == 1 && token == "for sale") itemArray[x].status = false; else itemArray[x].status = true; if (i == 2) itemArray[x].price = stoi(token); i++; } x++; } f.close(); } else { cout << "File was not opened!" << endl; } }

int main() {

read_input("garagesale.txt");

}

In the end, I'd like to print out the items left in the array without matches and then print out:

# of Items leftover:

# of Items sold: