/// g++ setup_plot.cpp -O3 -std=c++2a -lfmt && a.out # [this](https://fmt.dev/) is required

#include <iostream>

#include <fstream>

#include <string>

#include <fmt/core.h>

#define TEMPLATE_FILE "semilog_templ.tikz"

#define OUT_FILE "semilog.tikz"

std::string readFile(const char* filename) {

std::string ans;

std::string line;

std::ifstream myfile(filename);

if (myfile.is_open()) {

while (getline(myfile, line)) {

ans += line + '\n';

}

myfile.close();

}

else {

std::cout << "Unable to open file";

}

return ans;

}

int writeToFile(const char* filename, const std::string content) {

std::ofstream myfile;

myfile.open(filename);

myfile << content;

myfile.close();

std::cout << fmt::format("{} correctly overwritten.\n", filename);

return 0;

}

int main() {

int num_decades = 9;

int num_vertical_steps = 90;

std::cout << "num_decades? [default 9] ";

std::cin >> num_decades;

std::cout << "num_vertical_steps? [default 90] ";

std::cin >> num_vertical_steps;

std::string tikzpic_templ_code = readFile(TEMPLATE_FILE);

std::string content = fmt::format(tikzpic_templ_code, num_decades-2, num_vertical_steps-40);

writeToFile(OUT_FILE, content);

return 0;

}