Thread: getline error

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    getline error

    I get the following error when I try to use getline to read data in from a text file:

    error C2664: 'class istream &__thiscall istream::getline(char *,int,char)' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'char [2]' to 'char'

    Here's the offending code:
    Code:
    char cIn[200];
    char cFile[9]="test.txt";
    ifstream bFile(cFile);
    while(!bFile.eof())
        {
        bFile.getline(cIn,200,"\n");
           MessageBox(hwnd,cIn,"Debug",NULL);
        }
    I'm using MSVC++ 6.0.

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    Re: getline error

    Try this instead:

    Code:
    char cIn[200];
    char cFile[9]="test.txt";
    ifstream bFile(cFile);
    while(!bFile.eof())
        {
        bFile.getline(cIn,200,'\n');
           MessageBox(hwnd,cIn,"Debug",NULL);
        }

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    THANKS!!

    It's always the simplest things we (or at least I) miss!!

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