Thread: reading text file to struct help needed!

Hi,

I am having trouble where to begin reading in my text file my little program I created.
below is the text file i want to read into a struct in my program.

I just want some help on parsing the file. whats the best way to do it?

I could read each line into a string, search for a ':' and then read the file into my struct, but that seems a little tedious to me. surely there is a better way. Just some hints and tips to put me in the right direction. I am trying to use only c++ but yeah I now a struct is from C. Not ready for classes just yet.

I don't want someone to write the code for me please!(at least not yet!)


the file.....

Code:

Name	: John
Race	: Human
Class	: Fighter
Strength	: 18
Intelligence	: 10
Dexterity	: 14
Wisdom	        : 8
Charisma	: 18
Luck	        : 10

my struct.....

Code:

struct character
{
	string name;
	string namerace;
	string nametype;
	int str;
	int dex;
	int cha;
	int wis;
	int luk;
	int inte;
}

I could read each line into a string, search for a ':' and then read the file into my struct, but that seems a little tedious to me

Don't you think that's the way it should be...
find position of ':'
trim form 0 to pos-1 and trim from pos+1 to maxlength
remove spaces
put in to a map, why? so that parsing will be done once...

http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/cpp/config_file.html