Segmentation fault reading string on cin read

[OSalcido]

Homework Statement

I'm trying to read a string from cin. When it hits the "cin >> strWord" statement, I get the following error message: Segementation fault (core dumped). The input file is named "data4nine". I'm really not sure what a segmentation fault is and why I'm getting it

The Attempt at a Solution

	while (!cin.eof())
	{
		cin >> strWord;
		intWords++;
		cntVowsCons(strWord, intVowels, intConsonants);
		strFormatted = FormatWord(strWord);
		lenWords += strWord.length();
		lenFormatted += strFormatted.length();


		if(strFormatted.length() % 2 != 0) 
			SwapMidChar(strFormatted);
		if(istenth(intWords, tenth))
			cout << strFormatted << endl;
		else
			cout << strFormatted;
		
	}

 

[OSalcido]

Here are my files

 

[MisterX]

Segmentation fault is generally a memory access violation. In this case, your program will attempt to access part of a string that doesn't exist (I know where this is in your code, but it should be left as an exercise to you). You may attempt to find it by scrutinizing your code or by using a debugger.

 

[I like Serena]

Hi OSalcido!

When an access violation (aka segmentation violation) occurs in a program, it may or may not crash with a core dump.
And if it does crash, it's often not a the point where the access violation occurred.

In any program an access violation always occurs in one of 2 forms.

Either you follow a pointer that does not point anywhere.
Since you're not using pointers, that won't be a problem.

Or you are indexing an array outside of its bounds.
Each of your for-loops should be defined such that you can always be sure your string is indexed inside its bounds.
Can you check if that is the case?

 

[OSalcido]

Yes! Thank you guys I did check the loops and fixed the issues. Thanks a bunch

 

[I like Serena]

Your welcome. ;)

Btw, if you use an input of just one word and a newline, or none at all, you may get some results you don't expect.