Thread: storing characters read from text file in 2 different string

hello,
I wanted to ask you all a question.
suppose that my c++ program has read from a text file a set of characters like the one below using the command inData >> temp. i output the characters of the text file and stored all the characters in a string temp.
this is how it appears in the c++ output window:

ace
Spades
10
Spades
3
Clubs
King
Spades
5
Spades

Now i want to store the 'spades','spades','clubs','spades','spades' in a string known as string suit. And i want to store the 'ace','10','3','king','5' in another string to be known as string face.
This is where i am stuck. I can't seem to understand how to do it. I think that i have to create 2 string array.
i tried this:
str= temp;
//if(str!="Spades")
//cout << str << endl;
but it's not working.
then i tried this:
if(temp=='Spades')
//str = temp-'Spades';
it's definitely not working.
if someone could plz help me....
Thanks

You could use just one array and hold the card number, 1 of 52 possibilities, as an integer.

Let’s say there are 100 hands of 5 cards.

Int My_hand[100][5];

8 of Clubs
King of Diamonds
3 of Hearts
Ace of Spades
10 of spades

My_hand[1][1] = 8
My_hand[1][2] = 26 (King of Diamonds)
My_hand[1][3] = 29
My_hand[1][4] = 40
My_hand[1][5] = 49

Then loop thru 52 if statements:

if My_hand[x][y] = 27
print "Ace of Hearts"
else if My_hand[x][y] = 28
print "Two of Hearts" etc…

Or you could use 2 arrays:

Int My_hand_suit[100][5];
Int My_hand_face[100][5];

My_hand_suit[1][1] = 1
My_hand_face[1][1] = 8

My_hand_suit[1][2] = 2
My_hand_face[1][2] = 13 (King of Diamonds) etc…

Then 2 loops and 13 if statements.