Hi, I\'m trying to write a code that uses word searching andsorting. I was told

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Hi, I'm trying to write a code that uses word searching andsorting. I was told to download the shakespeare txt fromhttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/23041/23041-8.txt
the problem is that after my code is compiled i receive an errormessage:
This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in anunusual way. Please contact the the application's support team"myself and whom ever will help..." for more information"
here is my source code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

   // set up        
   srand(time(NULL));         
  
   vector<string> poet;     
   string word;             
   string phrase;              // this is used tobuild each line in poem
   string filename;  
   ifstream read;              // used for reading thefile
  
   int nxt_wrd = 0;          // declare to search for the new word
   int max_words = 80;          // default amount formax words
   int columns = 40;          // default amount for max column
   int index;                  //used for storing the index
  
   cout << "Enter a filename: ";
   getline(cin, filename);

   read.open(filename.c_str());

   while (!read.eof())      //don't read end of file
   {
       read >>word;       // read the next word inthe file
       poet.push_back(word);       
   }
  
  
   read.close();
  
   //end of set up
  
   cout << "Specify a target length for thepoem[80]: ";
   cin >> max_words;
   cout << "How wide would you like theoutput in columns[40]: ";
   cin >> columns;
  
   index = rand()%poet.size();     
  
  
   word = poet[index];     
   word = toupper(word.at(0));   //+ word.substr(1);
   phrase = phrase + word + " ";
  
   // loop continues until nxt_wrd == max_words
   while (nxt_wrd < max_words)
   {
       // search for next appearanceof words
       for (int i = index; i <poet.size(); i=(i+1)%poet.size())
       {
           if(poet[i] == word)
           {
              word = poet[(i+1)%poet.size()];
              i++;
              nxt_wrd++;       
              phrase = phrase + word + " ";
           }
          
           if(phrase.size() >= columns)
           {
              cout << phrase << endl;
              phrase = "";
           }
       }
      
   }
  
   return 0;
}

Explanation / Answer

sounds like a buffer overflow. when programs stop an EXE fileit usually means that the allocated space of memory has run out.its a run time error, but is a buffer overflow. most programers arenot trained (ie educated ) in bufferoverflows. need a EOF flagmarker is my guess. but I am not a C++ programmer. but I bet if youallocate more memory for the program to use it will work. Thatwould be an option in your compiler. No need to rate, as for I may be mistaken

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