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    Default How to Create file but if name exists add incremental number to file name

    Hi Team,
    i am new to Qt.
    How to create a file in given path and if file already exists in the given path then we have to add incremental number to file name.
    How to achieve this in Qt?

    Ex. if i have to save file "QtFile.txt"
    but if file already exists in given path then file has to be saved as "QtFile1.txt".



    Regards,
    Anamika

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    Default Re: How to Create file but if name exists add incremental number to file name

    You can check if the file exists using QFile::exists(filename) and if yes, you can add to the new file a new name.
    Qt Code:
    1. QString new_file(“Qtfile.txt);
    2. if(QFile::exists(new_file) {
    3. new_file = “Qtfile.txt1.txt);
    4. }
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    And then create the file
    Last edited by d_stranz; 26th March 2021 at 16:32. Reason: missing [code] tags

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    Default Re: How to Create file but if name exists add incremental number to file name

    Here is a somewhat more complete way to do this with any file, which will create a new filename with a number suffix that is one greater than the suffix of the name that was passed in. This code is not tested, so there may be "off-by-one" errors in computing string lengths and positions. It also does not correctly handle the case where a filename has no extension but end in a ".". That is easy to fix but it is a good exercise to find where to do it.

    Qt Code:
    1. QString testAndIncrementFilename( const QString & testName )
    2. (
    3. QFileInfo fInfo( testName ); // Use QFileInfo to test and manipulate filename
    4. if ( !fInfo.exists() ) // File does not exist, so use it
    5. return testName;
    6.  
    7. // Retrieve the extension
    8. QString ext = fileInfo.suffix();
    9.  
    10. // and the left-hand side of the path
    11. QString path;
    12. if ( ext.isEmpty() ) // if there is no extension, then the left side is the whole name
    13. path = testName;
    14. else // otherwise it is everything left of the "."
    15. path = testName.left( testName.lastIndexof( '.' ) );
    16.  
    17. // Now, start at the right end and look for numeric digits
    18. QString digits;
    19. auto pos = path.length() - 1;
    20. while ( pos > 0 && ( path[ pos ] ).isDigit() )
    21. {
    22. // Since we are reading in reverse order, we need to push front instead of back
    23. digits.push_front( path[ pos ] );
    24. pos--;
    25. }
    26.  
    27. // Save the rest of the path minus the digits for building the new path
    28. QString newPath = path.left( pos );
    29.  
    30. // Build the new number suffix. Start with 1 as the first increment
    31. int number = 1;
    32. if ( !digits.isEmpty() )
    33. {
    34. // Convert the string to an int and increment it
    35. number = digits.toInt() + 1;
    36. }
    37.  
    38. // Convert it back to a string. Note: if you want something prettier, like "0001", "0002", etc.
    39. // then use a field width and fill character: QString.arg( number, 4, '0' ). If you will have more
    40. // than 10000 files, use a 5-digit field width and consider how badly you are filling up your
    41. // customer's disk drive
    42. digits = QString.arg( number );
    43.  
    44. // Now build the path again
    45. newPath += digits; // add the new number
    46. if ( !ext.isEmpty() ) // if the extensionis not empty add it along with the '.' separator
    47. {
    48. newPath += "."; // add the extension separator
    49. newPath += ext; // add the extension
    50. }
    51.  
    52. // and here's the new filename
    53. return newPath;
    54. )
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    I sure hope I didn't just give you the answer to your homework problem...
    Last edited by d_stranz; 26th March 2021 at 16:36.
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