The text file babynames.txt contains a list of the 1000 most popular boy and gir

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The text file babynames.txt contains a list of the 1000 most popular boy and girl names in the United States for the year 2004 as compiled by the Social Security Administration. This is a space-delimited file of 1000 entries in which the rank is listed first, followed by the corresponding boy name and girl name. The most popular names are listed first and the least popular names are listed last. For example, the file begins with 1 Jacob Emily 2 Michael Emma 3 Joshua Madison This indicates that Jacob is the most popular boy name and Emily is the most popular girl name. Michael is the second most popular boy name and Emma is the second most popular girl name. Write a program that allows the user to input a name. The program should read from the file and search for a matching name among the girls and boys. If a match is found, it should output he rank of the name. The program should also indicate if there is no match. For example, if the user enters the name

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
#define babynames input
int main()
{
ifstream infile("babynames.txt");
if(!infile)
{
cout <<"Unable to open file .so exiting from program " << endl;
return 0;
}
string boy[1000],girl[1000];
int index = 0;
while(!infile.eof())
{
infile >> boy[index] >> girl[index];
index++;
}
int i;
char response = 'y';
string name;
while(response == 'y' || response == 'Y')
{
cout <<"Enter name to search :";
cin >> name;
cout << endl;
for(i=0; i<index; i++)
{
    if(boy[i].compare(name)==0) {
   cout <<name<<" is ranked "<<(i+1) <<" in popularity among boys." << endl; break; }
}
if(i==index) cout <<name <<" is not ranked among the top 1000 boy names."<< endl;
for(i=0; i<index; i++)
{
   if(girl[i].compare(name)==0) {
   cout <<name<<" is ranked "<<(i+1) <<" in popularity among girls." << endl; break; }
}
if(i==index) cout <<name <<" is not ranked among the top 1000 girl names."<< endl;
cout <<"Do you want to continue (Enter y for Yes and N for no) ";
cin >> response;
cout << endl;
}
//system("pause");
return 0;
}

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