C++ Student Records Manager

Beginner Education C++ Low effort

A console application to manage student records using structs, vectors, and file I/O in C++. Ideal for learning C++ fundamentals including structs, loops, and the fstream library.

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Features

Add and display student records
Save all records to a text file with ofstream
Load existing records from file on startup
Search for a student record by name

Project Roadmap

Follow these steps in order. Each one builds on the previous.

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Step 1
Define a Student struct with name, roll number, and grade fields
Step 2
Use a std::vector to store Student objects in memory
Step 3
Write an addStudent() function that reads from cin
Step 4
Write a displayAll() function that prints the vector
Step 5
Implement saveToFile() using std::ofstream
Step 6
Implement loadFromFile() using std::ifstream on startup
Step 7
Add a searchByName() function using a linear scan
Step 8
Wrap all functionality in a menu-driven main loop

Learning Resources

LearnCpp
cppreference std::fstream
cppreference std::vector