C++ Question

[vladd]

I'm asking this here because I know many of the folks are handy when it comes to programing.

I'm looking to make a C++ based script/program that can pretty much be self ran. I would like to take 2 letters with a minimum of 4 characters maximum of 25 characters and generate random combonations into a txt file. I have no freakin clue how to do this...but its within good reason. You see Planetside has been overridden by hackers using I and L combinations..and I'm talking blantant hacking...them being underground and autotargetting/autofire killing masses, entirely ruining the game for people.. I know MQ is against main active hacks hence why I'm asking here. SOE Reps claim there are to many combinations, but I figure if someone presents them with a txt of the combinations they can enter them into their disallowed names list rather then waiting for a combination to appear.

I haven't done anything like this since I was in highschool 8 years ago, but if someone is willing to help me along the way or give me a clue on where to find something that was already made similar to this, I would greatly appreciate it.

[SemaJynot]

Hmm, well, keep in mind this is going to generate about 32 million names. One way to approach it is to think of this instead of I vs L, but 1 vs 0. So, for example, the number 0 is "L" 1 is "I". I find it easier to solve problems one piece at a time, so lets solve it for a 4 character string first...

0 in a 4 digit binary is 0000, so would be LLLL. 3 is 0011, so would be LLII. 9 is 1001 so would be ILLI. 15 is 1111 so would be IIII.

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CString output = "IIII";
for (x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
  for (y = 0; y < 4; y++) {
    if (x & (2^y))
      output[y] = 'L';
    else
      output[y] = 'I';
  }
  // print out the string "output" here
}

That would run from 0 to 15, and build a 4 character string of I's and L's based on its binary value. You would then wrap that in a loop from 4 to 25 for various lengths:

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CString* output;
for (n = 4; n <= 25; n++) {
  output = new CString('I', n); // this is the repeat constructor, builds a string of length n of the letter 'I'
  for (x = 0; x < (2^n); x++) {
    for (y = 0; y < n; y++) {
      if (x & (2^y)) 
        output[y] = 'L';
      else
        output[y] = 'I';
    }
    // print out the string "output" here
  }
}

That should do it.

[vladd]

I'm feeling beyond helpless atm lol can't figure anything out it seems, but I've been awake for almost 24hrs now...I'll give it a crack when my brain wants to function...

Dead brain = not remembering how the hell to get it to actually run lol
god I hate being tired and/or a noob...

but it looks really nice Thank you :)

[dont_know_at_all]

I would like to take 2 letters with a minimum of 4 characters maximum of 25 characters and generate random combonations into a txt file.

I have no idea what this means.... but based on the other post:

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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
int i,j,k;

for(k=4;k<26;k++) {
    printf("doing %d len\n", k);
    for (j=0;j<1<<k;j++) {
        for(i=0;i<k;i++)  {
            printf("%c", (j & (1<<i)) ? 'I' : 'L' );
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
}
}

[vladd]

I would like to take 2 letters with a minimum of 4 characters maximum of 25 characters and generate random combonations into a txt file.

I have no idea what this means.... but based on the other post:

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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
int i,j,k;

for(k=4;k<26;k++) {
    printf("doing %d len\n", k);
    for (j=0;j<1<<k;j++) {
        for(i=0;i<k;i++)  {
            printf("%c", (j & (1<<i)) ? 'I' : 'L' );
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
}
}

What compiler are you using? because when I try this in Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition I get a c4430 error which deals with missing type specifier - int assumed.

Just wondering because I have 2 others I haven't loaded but if its one of the ones I don't have loaded I can load it up...

[pinkfloydx33]

I would like to take 2 letters with a minimum of 4 characters maximum of 25 characters and generate random combonations into a txt file.

I have no idea what this means.... but based on the other post:

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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
int i,j,k;

for(k=4;k<26;k++) {
    printf("doing %d len\n", k);
    for (j=0;j<1<<k;j++) {
        for(i=0;i<k;i++)  {
            printf("%c", (j & (1<<i)) ? 'I' : 'L' );
        }
        printf("\n");
    }
}
}

What compiler are you using? because when I try this in Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition I get a c4430 error which deals with missing type specifier - int assumed.

Just wondering because I have 2 others I haven't loaded but if its one of the ones I don't have loaded I can load it up...

Change:

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main() {

to

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int main() {

[vladd]

That was it lol, just wish I could have found that online faster lol.

Now to figure out how to get it to print to a .txt file...I have it running in its own cmd prompt so figuring if I start it with the logging function that should work right?

*edit*
well that idea went splat lol, gotta figure out how I can code that in, so off to research land I go...if you don't hear back from me in 12hrs send a Search and Rescue squad...

[dont_know_at_all]

ctrl+esc
R (for Run)
cmd.exe
cd c:\stop\using\IDEs\that\make\you\stupid
test.exe > out.txt

[dont_know_at_all]

67108870 lines in the file including the extra ones announcing the number of chars in that combination....

[vladd]

67108870 lines in the file including the extra ones announcing the number of chars in that combination....

thats it? I was expecting more lol

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