Program that Prints Some Statistical Results Worksheet

Write a program that reads a text file, then prints some statistical results about its contents to an output file. The results will be primarily an analysis of the characters in the file, which will include the frequency of occurrence of certain categories of characters, as well as the frequency of occurrences of each of the letters of the alphabet.

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Note that in most standard English text, certain letters typically appear with a higher frequency than others. This kind of information has been used in setting up games like Scrabble (letter frequencies and point values, etc), as well as more serious applications like decoding encrypted messages and cyphers.

Details and Requirements

  • Start by asking the user to input the name of the input file, and then to input the name of an output file. Whenever the user enters a filename that cannot be opened (both in the input and output cases), print an error message and ask the user to re-enter. (We’ve seen several code examples in the course notes that illustrate this). The input file can be ANY file containing plain text.
  • Read the contents of the input file, and then print to the OUTPUT file the following information about the contents of the input file:A header stating a general heading and the name of the input fileThe total number of characters contained in the fileA chart (with headings) where each row lists a category, the number of occurrences of that category of character, and the percentage of the total file this makes up. These are the catgegories:LettersWhite spaceDigitsOtherNote that the percentages in this chart should add up to 100%A heading “LETTER STATISTICS”Another chart (again, with headings), listing a category, the number of occurrences of that letter type, and the percentage of all LETTERS this comprises. This time, the categories are Uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and then each fo the individual letters of the alphabet (i.e. 26 of them). So this chart will have 28 rowsNote that the percentage of uppercase + lowercase should add up to 100%Also, the percentages of the 26 alphabet letters should add up to 100%Specifically, note that these are percentages of the total number of letters, NOT the total number of characters in the fileA heading “NUMBER ANALYSIS”, followed by the count, sum, and average (to 2 decimal places) of all integer numbers appearing in the file, where a number is defined as any consecutive sequence of digits bounded by non-digits. Examples: I am 14 years old and it is now 11:15 AM and my IP address is 123.45.0.204In the above passge, there are 7 “numbers” (14, 11, 15, 123, 45, 0, and 204)

  • All percentages should be printed to two decimal places, along with a space and a % sign afterwards. Example: 12.45 %
  • Your headings and category labels should match mine (see example output files below). You may use whatever field widths you like, as long as your charts line up in neat columns (i.e. your spacing doesn’t have to match mine exactly)
  • Category labels on your chart should be lined up on the left side of the words. All numbers in your charts should be lined up on the right side.
  • Hint: Instead of declaring 26 different variables to count each letter, consider using an array of counters
  • General Requirements

    • No global variables
    • You may use any of these libraries (no others):iostreamiomanipfstreamcctype
    • Write your source code so that it is readable and well-documented
    • Part of assessing readability and style will be how well you break your program into appropriate functions. Note: Breaking it up into functions makes for smaller, easier-to-code segments. You’ll make your work easier if you do so.

    Sample input files and results

    Example 1

    Sample input file – file1.txt:

    Hello. How are you?I am 4 years old. My favorite color is blue.Next year I will be 5. My IP address is 128.4.0.46

    Sample program execution

    (underline denotes user input)Please enter the name of the input file.Filename: file1.txt Please enter the name of the output file.Filename: out1.txtProcessing complete

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    Contents of out1.txt

    Statistics for file: file1.txt————————————————-Total # of characters in file: 119Category How many in file % of file———————————————————————-Letters 74 62.18 %White space 28 23.53 %Digits 9 7.56 %Other characters 8 6.72 %LETTER STATISTICSCategory How many in file % of all letters———————————————————————-Uppercase 9 12.16 %Lowercase 65 87.84 %a 6 8.11 %b 2 2.70 %c 1 1.35 %d 3 4.05 %e 9 12.16 %f 1 1.35 %g 0 0.00 %h 2 2.70 %i 7 9.46 %j 0 0.00 %k 0 0.00 %l 7 9.46 %m 3 4.05 %n 1 1.35 %o 7 9.46 %p 1 1.35 %q 0 0.00 %r 6 8.11 %s 5 6.76 %t 2 2.70 %u 2 2.70 %v 1 1.35 %w 2 2.70 %x 1 1.35 %y 5 6.76 %z 0 0.00 %NUMBER ANALYSISNumber of integers in the file: 6Their sum: 187Their average: 31.17

    Example 2

    Sample input file – file2.txt:

    The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.How lazy was he? Well, he was pretty darn lazy, I’ll tell you.And speaking of the fox, why was he jumping over dogs anyways?He just leaped his 123rd dog. Didn’t he have anything better to do with his time?When he checked his watch at 12:45 PM, 15 more foxes jumped overthe lazy dog, who so far had dreamed of chasing 100 sheep, 17 cats,2 rabbits, and 13 mailmen.Sample program execution(underline denotes user input)Please enter the name of the input file.Filename: file2.txt Please enter the name of the output file.Filename: out2.txtProcessing complete

    Contents of out2.txt

    Statistics for file: file2.txt————————————————-Total # of characters in file: 417Category How many in file % of file———————————————————————-Letters 297 71.22 %White space 85 20.38 %Digits 17 4.08 %Other characters 18 4.32 %LETTER STATISTICSCategory How many in file % of all letters———————————————————————-Uppercase 10 3.37 %Lowercase 287 96.63 %a 25 8.42 %b 4 1.35 %c 6 2.02 %d 18 6.06 %e 35 11.78 %f 6 2.02 %g 8 2.69 %h 25 8.42 %i 14 4.71 %j 4 1.35 %k 3 1.01 %l 12 4.04 %m 9 3.03 %n 13 4.38 %o 20 6.73 %p 8 2.69 %q 1 0.34 %r 12 4.04 %s 16 5.39 %t 19 6.40 %u 6 2.02 %v 4 1.35 %w 12 4.04 %x 3 1.01 %y 10 3.37 %z 4 1.35 %NUMBER ANALYSISNumber of integers in the file: 8Their sum: 327Their average: 40.88

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