Open File

[The Hobo]

How can I write a function to open a file (say "C:\list.txt") and add each item in the file to an array using a newline as a deliminator?

[SteveCRM]

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>

int main()
{
     ifstream InFile("list.txt", ios::nocreate);
     
     char mylist[100][100];
     for(int i=0; i<=99; i++)
     {
          InFile>>mylist[i];
     }
     return 0;
}

I think that will work.

[The Hobo]

Thanks. It gave me a good start.

[parksie]

The standard way

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    ifstream input("list.txt");

    if(!input)
        return -1;

    vector<string> lines;
    string temp;

    while(!input.eof()) {
        getline(input, temp);
        lines.push_back(temp);
    }

    cout << "There are " << lines.size() << " lines." << endl;
}

[SteveCRM]

I was actually thinking you'd fix that when I was typing fstream.h

[parksie]

I love being predictable

PS: If you've got a copy of VC++7 anywhere, try compiling your code and watch the warning messages