Question

I have a .txt file containing 2 columns . I have to search for a pattern in the first column and delete that line from the file that matches .

I have to do this inside a c++ program.

What are the options I could use ?

I though of using a system() function and call sed (which seems efficient). But I’m not sure how to use sed inside system ().
The search pattern is a c++ variable and I’m not sure how to insert it inside sed

int pattern;
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system ("sed -i '/pattern/d' file.txt");

I know it could take this form, but I appreciate any help from you, about how to use c++ variable as a search pattern inside sed

Answer 1

assemble in a std::string and then use c_str(). You might find ostringstream (from sstream header) useful for assembling the string.