Question

here is a code i wrote to create the symtab of a sic/xe .asm file….

 #include<iostream>
 #include<fstream>
 #include<iomanip>
 #include"aviasm.h"
 using namespace std;

 void aviasm::crsymtab()
{

ofstream outs("symtab.txt",ios::out);//creating the symtab
ofstream outi("intermfile.txt",ios::out);//creating the intermediate file
ifstream in("asmfile.txt",ios::in);//opening the asmfile which i have already written
in.seekg(0,ios::beg);


char c;
string str[3];
string subset;
long locctr=0;
int i=0;


while((c=in.get())!=EOF)
{
    in.putback(c);
    while((c=in.get())!='\n')
    {
        in.putback(c); //putting back the first encountered letter
        in>>str[i++];  //the asm file has three or less fields in every row
    }

    if(str[0].size()!=0 && str[1].size()!=0 && str[2].size()!=0)//if all 3 are there
    {

        if(str[1]=="start")
        {
            outi<<hex<<locctr;
            outs<<str[1]<<" "<<locctr<<"\n";
            outs<<resetiosflags(ios::hex);
            outi<<" "<<str[0]<<" "<<str[1]<<" "<<str[2]<<"\n";
            locctr=stol(str[2],0,16);
        }//str[1]=start
     }//end of all the three fields
}
in.close();
outi.close();
outs.close();
}//end of crsymtab

…..here is a sample sic/xe .asm file…..note that in the above code i have not included the entire coded because the problem occurs even if i comment out the entire portion of the code except the above…the problem that occurs is whenever i run the code:

1. A message box with: 'Unhandled exception at 0x00ba7046 in aviasm.exe: 0xC0000005:
Access violation writing location 0xcccccccc.' appears and my program enters
   debugging mode…also a file named iosfwd(std::char_traits<char>) appears with an
   arrow at the line
   _Left=_Right; of the following function:

   static void __CLRCALL_OR_CDECL assign(_Elem& _Left, const _Elem& _Right)
{ // assign an element
_Left = _Right;
}

2. Also, I output a few words to the console at the start and end of the block
   str[1]="start" to check whether this function was working…although both lines were
   working and I am also sure that input is being successfully taken by the program from
   the asm file(I have checked this),no lines are being output to intermfile and symtab…plz help??

Answer 1

You should run your program inside a debugger. If you are using Windows, then MSVC provides a debug environment. If you are using Linux, compile your program with -g, and run the gdb debugger: gdb ./myprog. You would immediately discover that on this line:

in>>str[i++];  //the asm file has three or less fields in every row

i has a value of 4, which exceeds the size of the str array.